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Roman Customs Flashcards

1
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For Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus, which name identified his stirps?

A

Scipio

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2
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What was the storage chest/strongbox for a rich family?

A

arca

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3
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What was the daily visit of a client to his patron?

A

salutatio

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4
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From what material was the toga made during the Republic?

A

wool

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5
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What was the most important grain for the Romans?

A

wheat

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6
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What was the power of the husband over his wife ?

A

manus

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7
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What did the Romans call lunch?

A

prandium

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8
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Which room was a bedroom in the domus?

A

cubiculum

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9
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What was the task of the fullones

A

clean clothes

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10
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Where would a catillus have been found?

A

bakery

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11
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Where was an unburned body placed inside a columbaria ?

A

sarcophagus

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12
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Which family’s men wore only the subligaculum under their togas?

A

Cethegi

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13
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Who was the head slave on an estate?

A

vilicus

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14
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What did Cato call his after dinner party of conversation with drinking?

A

convivium

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15
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What type of meat did the Romans consider to be of the poorest quality?

A

goat

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16
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Which gens used the praenomen Mamercus ?

A

Aemilian

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17
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How many balls were used in trigon?

A

2

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18
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What was the property of a slave or child?

A

peculium

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19
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What was the favorite item of jewelry for Roman women?

A

pearl

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20
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What were the starting stalls at a circus?

A

carceres

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21
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Originally cognati within ____ degrees of consanguinity were not supposed to marry.

A

6

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22
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What did a fritillus hold?

A

dice

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23
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On which hill was the Casa Romuli located?

A

Palatine

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24
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What was the most common type of racing chariot?

A

quadrigae

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25
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Which item would a Roman NOT put in a salad?

A. lettuce B. cress C. tomato D. mallow

A

C. tomato

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26
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The power of a father over his son was terminated when the son became __.

A

the flamen dialis

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27
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When was the Saturnalia?

A

December

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28
Q

What were lateres cocti?

A

bricks

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29
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What was the traditional material for an engagement ring?

A

iron

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30
Q

How much was a man charged to enter a thermae?

A

1 quadrans

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31
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A memorial for a lost body was a/an _____.

A

cenotaphium

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32
Q

What was the least popular form of theatrical performance?

A

tragedy

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33
Q

Which officials supervised slave auctions in Rome?

A

aediles

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34
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Which was NOT used in sealing a letter?

A. cera B. linum C. signum D. spatha

A

D. spatha

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35
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Which animal was NOT sacrificed in the suovetaurilia?

A. bull B. sheep C. pig D. horse

A

D. horse

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36
Q

What was the preferred nationality of a rhetor?

A

Greek

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37
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Which was NOT a chariot faction?

A. russata B. atra C. veneta D. praesina

A

B. atra

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38
Q

Where did the dextrarum junctio take place?

A

wedding

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39
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What footwear would a laborer wear in the streets of Rome?

A

caligae

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40
Q

Which vehicle was used for rapid travel with little baggage?

A

cisium

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41
Q

Who was not an agnate of the paterfamilias?

A

his emancipated son

42
Q

How many sides of a talus were counted?

A

4

43
Q

In which chair would the patron sit?

A

solium

44
Q

During the Republic which class was most involved in collecting taxes?

A

equestrian

45
Q

What was the Roman raincoat/overcoat?

A

paenula

46
Q

If PVP occurred at the start of a name on a tombstone, it meant the person had ___.

A

died as an infant

47
Q

What was a calamus?

A

pen

48
Q

Which atrium had more than four supporting columns?

A

tetrastylon

49
Q

What toga did the dictator wear?

A

praetexta

50
Q

Which was the bottom layer of a Roman road?

A

statumen

51
Q

Gaius Cestius was honored by a tomb in the shape of a ___.

A

pyramid

52
Q

What were the stepping stones in a street?

A

pondera

53
Q

In what commodity did mangones deal?

A

slaves

54
Q

Who built the first permanent theater in Rome?

A

Pompey

55
Q

Which fruit was the last to be cultivated in Italy?

A. peach B. lemon C. cherry D. pear

A

B. lemon

56
Q

Which was NOT worn by a 16-year old male celebrating the Liberalia?
A. tunica recta B. toga pura C. toga praetexta D. toga libera

A

C. toga praetexta

57
Q

What was the Roman “ hot tub”?

A

alveus

58
Q

Primordia refers to to the first few days of ___.

A

a child’s life

59
Q

What color dye came from the murex?

A

crimson

60
Q

In which room of the bath were oils rubbed into the skin?

A

unctorium

61
Q

For Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus, which name identifies his gens?

A

Cornelius

62
Q

Which clan provided its women with a laudatio during the Republic?

A

Julian

63
Q

What were the curved upper roof tiles?

A

imbrices

64
Q

Who built two wooden theaters which rotated to form an amphitheater?

A

Curio

65
Q

Which was NOT used in tyrotarichus?

A. apples B. cheese C. eggs D. fish

A

A. apples

66
Q

When was the Liberalia celebrated?

A

March

67
Q

Who founded the first public library in Rome?

A

Pollio

68
Q

What was the father’s office in the domus?

A

tablinum

69
Q

What was the usual color of the border around the neck of a stola?

A

purple

70
Q

What was the length of a Roman hour in modern minutes on a midsummer day?

A

75

71
Q

During the Republic, gravepits for the poor were located on the ___ Hill.

A

Esquiline

72
Q

What type of gladiator would a Samnite most likely have fought?

A

Thracian

73
Q

What were the bolts that locked an outer door?

A

pessuli

74
Q

How much time did the nundinae encompass?

A

8 days

75
Q

How many slaves did Horace say a gentleman must have?

A

10

76
Q

For how many centuries after the founding of Rome was divorce unknown?

A

5

77
Q

In what year did January become the first month of the year?

A

153 B. C

78
Q

What was used as proof of hospitium?

A

tessera

79
Q

What was the best kind of bread?

A

siligneus

80
Q

Which emperor required widows to remarry?

A

Augustus

81
Q

Adrogatio had to be approved by the ____.

A

comitia curiata

82
Q

What was the original term for supper?

A

vesperna

83
Q

From what wood were the most expensive tables made?

A

citrus

84
Q

Who constructed the first naumachia?

A

Caesar

85
Q

Which was usually served during the gustus?

A

eggs

86
Q

What was the act of a father acknowledging a child as his child?

A

susceptio

87
Q

Who were slaves freed before friends but not a magistrate?

A

Latini Iuniani

88
Q

What was the general term for a meat market?

A

macellum

89
Q

The minimum burial rite required ___ handfuls of dirt.

A

3

90
Q

To what height did Augustus limit insulae in Roman feet?

A

60

91
Q

What was the origin of a nomen ending in -na?

A

Etruscan

92
Q

What article of clothing was a subucula?

A

tunic

93
Q

What tool was used to pack down the floor in an early domus?

A

fistuca

94
Q

How many circuses were in or near Rome?

A

6

95
Q

What was the main ingredient of epityrum?

A

olives

96
Q

What was the earliest form of plebeian marriage?

A

usus

97
Q

What were horrea?

A

warehouses

98
Q

Who gathered the flowers and plants for the bride’s wreath?

A

the bride

99
Q

What did a capsa normally contain?

A

scrolls

100
Q

Who was the primus palus?

A

a gladiator

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