Final Culture Flashcards

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Name all of Saturn and Op’s children.

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Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto, Juno, Vesta, Ceres

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Jupiter

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King of Gods, married to Juno

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Juno

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Queen of Gods, married to Jupiter

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Neptune

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Sea and Sailing (trident, horses)

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Pluto

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Underworld and Wealth, Rape of Proserpina

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Vesta

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Hearth (eternal flame) and Home, Virgin

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Ceres

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Grain and Agriculture, mother of Proserpina (father Jupiter)

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What are the ways of becoming a slave?

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prisoner of war, captured by pirates, born into slavery

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What are the ways a slave can be freed?

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reward for good service, act of friendship/respect, buying self out, in master’s will after death

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What are the lack of rights a slave has?

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can’t marry, can’t own personal possessions, can’t make own decisions, not protected by law

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What are the acts of manumission?

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legal ceremony, declaration with friends, invite to dinner

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What are the lack of rights of a libertus?

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can’t be political candidate in public election, can’t be high-ranking officer in army

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What are the types of Roman tombs?

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triclinium tomb (dining), house tomb, altar tomb, exedra (niche) tomb

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What did Romans believe the afterlife was like?

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still living (buried with belongings, need food), want to be remembered

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triclinium tombs

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banquets, open dining room connected to tomb

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house tombs

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by side of road outside city, place for dead to live

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altar tombs

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dominate skyline, large inscriptions, most common

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exedra tombs

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bench to rest on

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epitaph

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direct message asking to remember dead

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What was the main way Romans buried the dead (coffin, cremation, etc.)?

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cremation