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What was the after dinner, all male “ drinking party” called?

A

Comissatio

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What does a rediarius gladiator fight with?

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A net and trident

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The plebeian representatives to the government were called…?

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Tribunes

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Who was the famous Roman chef whose cookbooks are the primary source today on Rome’s food?

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Apicius

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Which type of Roman gladiator charged his opponent blindly (visor had no eyeholes) while on horseback?

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Andabatae

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Which type of gladiator fought exotic animals?

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Bestiarii

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Gladiator that used two swords

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Dimachaeri

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Gladiators that fought on horseback with a spear and gladius, only fought others of this kind

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Equites

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Celtic style charioteers brought to Rome by Ceasar

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Essedari

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Fully armored gladiators based on Greek hoplites, carried a spear and round shield, wore crest of a griffin

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Hoplomachi/Samnites

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What weapons did the laequerii carry?

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A rope and noose

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Gladiators that carried a gladius and an oblong shield, wore crest of a fish

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Murmillones/mirmillones (secutores also wore this gear as both commonly fought retiarii)

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Mounted, bow wielding gladiators

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Saggitarii

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Gladiators equipped with a small round/square shield and a curved blade known as a sica

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Thraces

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Gladiators that fought on foot armed with a spear

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Velites

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What was the job of the praegenarii?

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An opening act for gladiatorial combat, they fought with wooden swords to upbeat music

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What might a Roman say to another who was embarking on a difficult journey?

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Di sint tecum = may the gods be with you

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How would a Roman apologize, or ask to be excused for their behavior?

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Da Veniam = excuse me/sorry

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What is the statement said to a departing soldier?

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Virtus tibi ac fortitudo = strength and virtue unto thee

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What might a Roman say upon receiving a guest?

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Te salvere iubeo! = Be well!

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How would a Roman ask “what’s up?”

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Quid novi = what news?

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Who was the Via Appia and the Aqua Appia built by and named after?

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Appius Claudius

22
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Which emperor built the Pantheon?

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Hadrian

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By whom and in what year was the Coliseum built?

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Vespasian in 69 AD

24
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Which emperor built an arch commemorating the sacking of Jerusalem?

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Titus (called the Arch of Titus)

25
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Roman word for “baths”

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Thermae

26
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Bath buildings

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Balnea/balneae

27
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Hot bath room

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Caldarium

28
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Warm bath room

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Tepidarium

29
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Cold bath room

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Frigidarium

30
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Open air bath

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Natatio

31
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Gymnasium of a bath complex

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Palaestrae

32
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Changing rooms in a bath complex

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Apodyteria

33
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Hot bath in the Caldarium

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Alveus

34
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Scraping room in a bath complex

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Unctorium

35
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Rooms of the palaestra used for relaxing within a Roman bath complex

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Exedra

36
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Sweat room in a bath complex

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Laconium

37
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Furnace room of a bath complex

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Praefurnium

38
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Sandals to protect bathers feet from hot tiles

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Sculpoena

39
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A small curved brush used to scrape off oil from the baths

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Strigiles

40
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Ball playing court within a bath complex

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Sphaeristerium

41
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The servant’s entrance to a domus

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Posticum

42
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The main room of the domus, it contains the compluvium and the impluvium

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The atrium

43
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The study located between the atrium and the peristylium

A

Tablinam

44
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The dining room

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Triclinium

45
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The front rooms in a domus that can only be reached from the outside, and can serve as shops, sheds, or housing for poor clients

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Tabernae

46
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What were the four most common teams for a charioteer to belong to?

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Whites, Blues, Greens, Reds

47
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Gladiator blood was thought to cure which diseases?

A

Epilepsy or infertility

48
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Which color denoted wealth and status among Roman men?

A

Purple, because the dye came from rare Murex seashells

49
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What might a Roman doctor use to ease the pain of childbirth?

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Ringing bells

50
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What was the Roman’s favorite seasoning?

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Liquamen/garum

51
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Which seat at a convivium is reserved for the guest of honor?

A

Sixth

52
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Which seat at a convivium is reserved for the host?

A

Seventh

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