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Question 2

salutatio

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clientes attend patronus as he walked to the forum

Question 3

gens

Answer 3

Clan. Plural: gentes.

Question 4

curator morum

Answer 4

overseer of morals

Question 5

Household deities?

Answer 5

Lares and penates.

Question 6

ludi

Answer 6

public festivals

Question 7

centuriate assembly

Answer 7

People divided into “centuries” based on property. The wealthy get much more weight.

Question 8

Rhea Silvia

Answer 8

Legendary mother of Romulus and Remus. Forced to become a Vestal Virgin. Became pregnant and claimed she was raped by Mars.

Question 9

peculium

Answer 9

property that a family member under patria potestas is allowed by the paterfamilias to use

Question 10

Paradoxical aspects of Roman society?

Answer 10

Never truly democratic, like Athens.Always characterized by significant inequality: always had slaves, always had an elite class.

Question 11

tribal assembly(s?)

Answer 11

Either one or two assemblies. In third century, attained power to make law. Voted for some officials.

Question 12

agnati

Answer 12

blood relations through males. in manus marriage, wives enter agnati of husband

Question 13

patricians

Answer 13

Elite families. In the fifth century BCE, they acquired a “lock” on the consulship

Question 14

sui iuris

Answer 14

independent - emancipated by paterfamilias

Question 15

adfines

Answer 15

kin by marriage

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censors

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Four-year office. Keep track of citizens and property for tax purposes. Have the effective ability to purge members from the Senate.

Question 17

lictor

Answer 17

Bodyguards to those with imperium. Hold fasces (bundle of wooden rods sometimes with an axe)

Question 18

fabulae pallatiae

Answer 18

adaptations of Greek New Comedy. in greek setting

Question 19

Broad history: important years?

Answer 19

1000-600 BCE: Archaic community600-500 BCE: Kings500-31 BCE: The Republic, subdivided into Early, (til 275) Middle, (til 146) and Late.31 BCE-476 CE: The Empire

Question 20

paterfamilias

Answer 20

Head of household

Question 21

The Social War

Answer 21

Roman allies revolt after a measure to give all Italians citizenship was passed then repealed. Armies sent out under Marius and Sulla. Eventually everyone becomes a citizen.

Question 22

plebeians

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A member of the plebs. General citizens in Rome, though some did become wealthy and influential.

Question 23

univira

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of a woman: married once

Question 24

cognati

Answer 24

blood relations

Question 25

Roman naming convention

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Three parts: (tria nomina) praenomen, (given) nomen, (gens) cognomen (family within clan)Sometimes had agnomen (nickname or honorific)Women: feminine form of father’s nomen

Question 26

senate

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A group of old (“sen”) guys. Membership is for life. Under the Republic, tended to be former holders of magistracies. Very great informal influence.

Question 27

quaestor

Answer 27

Financial officer

Question 28

proscription

Answer 28

Legal condemnation of enemies of the state

Question 29

Theme: divine origins of Rome

Answer 29

Manifested in: rape of Rhea Silvia, survival of abandoned twins.Implications: significance of Mars (god of war) and divine plan for Rome.

Question 30

Faustulus

Answer 30

Rescued Romulus and Remus after they’d been abandoned.

Question 31

aediles

Answer 31

In charge of public works and festivals, provision of grain.

Question 32

praetor

Answer 32

A magistracy developed out of the consulship. Takes over some military and judicial duties.

Question 33

comitia tributa

Answer 33

Tribal Assembly

Question 34

Agrarian Problem

Answer 34

After Second Punic War, devastated land was bought up by the wealthy. Expanding power of elite and displacement of peasants

Question 35

Ways of seeing what the gods want?

Answer 35

Haruspicy (inspection of entrails) and auspicy (watching birds)

Question 36

Servian Wall

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Associated with King Servius Tullius, but really built in response to the Gallic sack of Rome in 390 BCE.

Question 37

adulterium

Answer 37

sex between married woman and any man other than the husband

Question 38

ager publicus

Answer 38

public land