Customs State 2013

Question 0

In the name Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, which is the cognomen?

Answer 0

Scipio

Question 1

What was a lanista

Answer 1

A gladiator trainer

Question 2

Which office was in charge of roads and public games

Answer 2

Aedile

Question 3

Which form of marriage was a fictitious sale of the bride by her father?

Answer 3

Coemptio

Question 4

The conclamatio was performed at

Answer 4

Funerals

Question 5

What are the names for the appetizer course of cena? (3)

Answer 5

Gustatio, promulsis, antecena

Question 6

In which room of the house would you most likely find imagines?

Answer 6

Alae

Question 7

If you wanted to attend a refined musical performance, you would attend the:

Answer 7

Odeum

Question 8

What was a city originally given citizenship with no voting rights?

Answer 8

municipium

Question 9

The _____ extended from Rome to Rimini/Ariminum

Answer 9

Via Flaminia

Question 10

What were the parts of a triumphal procession?

Answer 10

It started on Campus Martius, the general entered Rome on a chariot, and one or more prisoners were executed

Question 11

If you wanted to do some shopping, you would visit the:

Answer 11

Macellum

Question 12

A toga with a latus clavus would be worn by:

Answer 12

Senators

Question 13

In which activity was a fritillus used?

Answer 13

Playing dice

Question 14

If you waved the mappa to signal the start of a chariot race, you were the:

Answer 14

Editor munerum

Question 15

During the winter, you might use this to warm the house.

Answer 15

Focus

Question 16

Guests who attended dinner parties uninvited were referred to as:

Answer 16

Umbrae

Question 17

The dominica potestas was the power of a Roman citizen over his:

Answer 17

Slaves

Question 18

If you are a vicarius, you are

Answer 18

A slave of a slave

Question 19

This was a group formed for the purpose of meeting the funeral expenses of its members:

Answer 19

collegum funeraticium

Question 20

In the thermae, the _______ was a hot room without water.

Answer 20

Laconicum

Question 21

Aqueducts were leveled with a _______.

Answer 21

Chorobates

Question 22

The front door of a Roman house:

Answer 22

Ianua or ostium

Question 23

Susceptio was the act of

Answer 23

a father of a child raising it in his arms to accept it as his own

Question 24

Two waxed tablets held together by a leather thong:

Answer 24

Diptycha

Question 25

A hob-nailed shoe worn by soldiers:

Answer 25

Caliga

Question 26

In which position might the most distinguished guest sit at a dinner party?

Answer 26

locus consularis

Question 27

A nomentclator was responsible for:

Answer 27

prompting his master if he forgot the names of those who greeted him

Question 28

The part of a Roman theater in which the spectators sat:

Answer 28

Cavea

Question 29

A Roman might dictate his letter to this scribe:

Answer 29

amanuenses

Question 30

A _____ was a wooden box used to store bundles of parchment rolls.

Answer 30

capsa

Question 31

The wet nurse of a child was a:

Answer 31

nutrix

Question 32

A ______ was responsible for teaching Latin and Greek literature.

Answer 32

grammaticus, litterator, ludi magister

Question 33

During which months was it unlucky to marry?

Answer 33

May and June

Question 34

On her wedding day, the hair of a bride was divided into six sections by:

Answer 34

the point of a spear

Question 35

If a slave had white chalk on his feet, he was being:

Answer 35

sold

Question 36

The phrase suo anno means that you have:

Answer 36

gained a political office at the earliest possible age

Question 37

Which vehicle had 4 wheels?

Answer 37

Raeda