Customs State 2013 Flashcards
In the name Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, which is the cognomen?
Scipio
What was a lanista
A gladiator trainer
Which office was in charge of roads and public games
Aedile
Which form of marriage was a fictitious sale of the bride by her father?
Coemptio
The conclamatio was performed at
Funerals
What are the names for the appetizer course of cena? (3)
Gustatio, promulsis, antecena
In which room of the house would you most likely find imagines?
Alae
If you wanted to attend a refined musical performance, you would attend the:
Odeum
What was a city originally given citizenship with no voting rights?
municipium
The _____ extended from Rome to Rimini/Ariminum
Via Flaminia
What were the parts of a triumphal procession?
It started on Campus Martius, the general entered Rome on a chariot, and one or more prisoners were executed
If you wanted to do some shopping, you would visit the:
Macellum
A toga with a latus clavus would be worn by:
Senators
In which activity was a fritillus used?
Playing dice
If you waved the mappa to signal the start of a chariot race, you were the:
Editor munerum
During the winter, you might use this to warm the house.
Focus
Guests who attended dinner parties uninvited were referred to as:
Umbrae
The dominica potestas was the power of a Roman citizen over his:
Slaves
If you are a vicarius, you are
A slave of a slave
This was a group formed for the purpose of meeting the funeral expenses of its members:
collegum funeraticium
In the thermae, the _______ was a hot room without water.
Laconicum
Aqueducts were leveled with a _______.
Chorobates
The front door of a Roman house:
Ianua or ostium
Susceptio was the act of
a father of a child raising it in his arms to accept it as his own
Two waxed tablets held together by a leather thong:
Diptycha
A hob-nailed shoe worn by soldiers:
Caliga
In which position might the most distinguished guest sit at a dinner party?
locus consularis
A nomentclator was responsible for:
prompting his master if he forgot the names of those who greeted him
The part of a Roman theater in which the spectators sat:
Cavea
A Roman might dictate his letter to this scribe:
amanuenses
A _____ was a wooden box used to store bundles of parchment rolls.
capsa
The wet nurse of a child was a:
nutrix
A ______ was responsible for teaching Latin and Greek literature.
grammaticus, litterator, ludi magister
During which months was it unlucky to marry?
May and June
On her wedding day, the hair of a bride was divided into six sections by:
the point of a spear
If a slave had white chalk on his feet, he was being:
sold
The phrase suo anno means that you have:
gained a political office at the earliest possible age
Which vehicle had 4 wheels?
Raeda
