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Question 1

what did we start the class with?

Answer 1

aristophanes clouds

Question 2

what did the clouds play feature in terms of a character?

Answer 2

socrates - famous philosopher

Question 3

stepsidies vs pheidippides

Answer 3

strepsidies = father
pheidippides = son

strepsidies knows how to defeat his creditors by singing up to be a student of socrates school

Question 4

what does strepsidies learn at the socrate school?

Answer 4

how the weaker argument can defeat the strong argument, he learns the art of rhetoric

Question 5

what was considered the art of rhetoric to be?

Answer 5

important tool in oral society

Question 6

what did phiedippides do?

Answer 6

he lost money from betting on chariot racing

Question 6

ludi

Answer 6

games

Question 6

define ludus

Answer 6

gladiatorial school

Question 7

munus

Answer 7

gladiatorial combat

Question 8

lanista

Answer 8

owner of gladiatorial schoolm

Question 9

palus

Answer 9

post where gladiators poractice

Question 10

tiro

Answer 10

beginner gladiators with no fights

Question 11

auctorati

Answer 11

free men that sold themselves into gladiatorial combat

Question 12

gladiators employed orginally for…?

Answer 12

funeral games

Question 13

first date for funeral games in Rome?

Answer 13

264 BC

Question 14

what is the story behind first funeral games?

Answer 14

marcus and decius brutus hold funeral game for their father

Question 15

oldest amphitheatre in italy?

Answer 15

pompeii

Question 16

define adeile

Answer 16

roman political office responsible for putting on shows

Question 17

gladiators were branded by…?

Answer 17

infamia

Question 17

describe retarius gladiators

Answer 17

had two weapons. net and trident

Question 18

describe thracian gladiators

Answer 18

had curved sword - sica

Question 19

define sica

Answer 19

curved sword

Question 20

describe hoplomachus

Answer 20

based on Greek soldiered - round shield and spear

Question 21

2 examples of olympian protest?

Answer 21

Muhammad ali -> threw gold medal in river after diner refused him a seat
tommy smith and john carlos -> black power fist solute

Question 22

father of modern olympics?

Answer 22

pierre de courbertin

Question 23

actor emperor?

Answer 23

nero

Question 24

psuedolus played by?

Answer 24

plautus

Question 25

describe psuedolus

Answer 25

stock comedic player from Greek and roman - played crafty slave -- he has to get his masters son the hand of a next door prostitute

Question 26

describe roman triumph

Answer 26

military parade through rome by victorius general who defeated foreign enemy and killed at least 10k people

Question 27

describe roman baths

Answer 27

stabian baths in Pompeii laconicum = sweat room tepidarium = warm caldarium = hot

Question 28

dif chariot types?

Answer 28

biga = 2 horses and quadriga = 4 horses

Question 29

define spina

Answer 29

central reservation in track

Question 30

in rome, there were two devices for circus maximus called?

Answer 30

eggs and dolphins

Question 31

define circus maximus

Answer 31

venue

Question 32

describe the chariot racing and the teams

Answer 32

4 terms = red, blue, white, green starting gate = carceres (12 gates) 7 laps

Question 33

emperor who fought as gladiators?

Answer 33

commodus -- people were upset because gladiators were slaves

Question 34

define vomitorium

Answer 34

exit of amphitheatre

Question 35

define hypogeum

Answer 35

underneath of colleseum - network of coridors and lifts

Question 36

colleseum orginally called?

Answer 36

Flavian amphitheatre

Question 37

first roman emperor?

Answer 37

augustus - he banned shows that ended in murder of gladiators and decreed audience arena should be separate - vestal virgins in front

Question 38

describe Spartacus

Answer 38

a Thracian/mercenary in roman army - captures and sold as gladiators - escaped from gladiatorial school - defeated by 2 roman generals: Pompey and crasus

Question 39

describe imperial day of games

Answer 39

morning = beast hunts lunch time = execution of criminals afternoon = gladiator fights