Latin - Background Revision Flashcards
Where in town would you find the forum?
The centre of a town like Pompeii
What would you find in the forum? (Four things)
1) market
2) law courts
3) polling station
4) temple of Jupiter
What might be sold in the forum market? (4 things)
Meat
Fish
Cloth
Spices
What happened in the forum? (6 things)
Slave auctions
Boys were educated in the colonnades
People went there to read notices, socialise or do business
Candidates gave speeches on the steps of the temple of Jupiter
Also, no wheeled traffic was allowed in the forum
Where did slave auctions happen?
Forum
What happened in the colonnades?
Boys were educated
Where were boys educated?
In the colonnades
Where did people go to read notices, socialise or do business?
forum
What happened on the steps of the Temple of Jupiter?
Candidates for election would give election speeches
Where would candidates for election give election speeches?
Steps of the temple
Where did boys go for education?
Colonnades
What was banned from the forum?
Wheeled traffic
Where would you be banned from entering if you had a wheeled cart or chariot?
Forum, wheeled vehicles were banned
Where would you find the market place?
The forum
Where would you find the law courts?
The forum
