Customs: Roman Entertainment Flashcards
What were factiones?
Racing companies
Which racing company was russata?
red
lanista
gladiator trainer
venationes
beast hunts
What type of gladiator was a essedarius?
fought from a chariot
What type of gladiator was a laqueator/laquearius?
fought with a lasso
tesserae (Games)
dice
What numbers were on the sides of the tesserae?
1, 3, 4, 6
What type of gladiator was an andabata?
fought blindfolded
tali
knucklebones used as jacks
What type of gladiator was a dimachaerus?
fought with two daggers
porta Libitinensis
gate for dead gladiators to be carried through
What type of gladiator was a murmillo?
had a fish-crested helmet
What was the best dice throw called?
Venus
What type of gladiator had a long shield called a scutum and a short sword?
Samnite
duodecim scripta
backgammon
prolusio
fake battle with blunt weapons that began the show
Which racing company was veneta?
blue
What type of gladiator had a short shield called a parma and greaves on both legs?
Thrax (Thracian)
carceres
starting gates of the Roman Circus
trigon
three person catch with two folles (balls)
fritillus
dicebox
Which racing company was albata?
white
How many sides did tesserae (dice) have?
4
missus
full seven lap around the circus
If your four dice read 4, 4, 4, and 4, what kind of throw was that?
Vulture
Which two racing companies did Domitian add?
purple (purpurea) & gold (aurum)
Which racing company was prasina?
green
Before Domitian added two more, how many factiones (racing companies) were there?
4
What Samnite gladiator would often fight against retiarii?
secutor
What was a tiro?
Rookie gladiator
What was the lowest throw called?
Vulture
follis
ball filled with hair, feather, or air to play trigon (catch)
If your four dice read 6, 4, 3, and 1, what kind of throw was that?
Venus
curriculum
one lap around the circus
ludi scaenici
dramatic performances in a theater
spina
the dividing wall of a race track
latrunculi
chess
rudis
wooden training sword for gladiators
What type of gladiator was a bestiarius?
fought wild animals
naumachiae
mock naval battles
scaena
stage
meta
turning post
The Romans would use marble statues of what two things to count laps?
ova et delphini (eggs & dolphins)
In what year was the Colosseum opened?
80 AD
What heavily armored Samnite gladiator would often fought against the Thracians?
hoplomachus
What type of gladiator was a retiarius?
fought with a net and trident
auriga
charioteer
What structure in Rome is known as the Flavian Amphitheater?
Colosseum
