Roman Customs Part I

Question 1

In the context of Roman meals, what was the term for breakfast?

Answer 1

ientāculum

Fun Fact: The Romans typically ate three meals a day like we do. The first meal, ientāculum, would be the equivalent of our breakfast. It was consumed in the morning and consisted generally of bread, raisins, olives, and sometimes cheese. The ientāculum was usually a simple meal, but sometimes eggs were added to it along with mulsum (wine mixed with honey) and milk (lac).

Question 2

In the context of Roman meals, what foods typically are typically served at an ientāculum?

Answer 2

Bread, raisins, olives, and sometimes cheese

Fun Fact: The Romans typically ate three meals a day like we do. The first meal, ientāculum, would be the equivalent of our breakfast. It was consumed in the morning and consisted generally of bread, raisins, olives, and sometimes cheese. The ientāculum was usually a simple meal, but sometimes eggs were added to it along with mulsum (wine mixed with honey) and milk (lac).

Question 3

In the context of Roman meals, what was mulsum?

Answer 3

Wine mixed with honey

Fun Fact: The Romans typically ate three meals a day like we do. The first meal, ientāculum, would be the equivalent of our breakfast. It was consumed in the morning and consisted generally of bread, raisins, olives, and sometimes cheese. The ientāculum was usually a simple meal, but sometimes eggs were added to it along with mulsum (wine mixed with honey) and milk (lac).

Question 4

In the context of Roman meals, what was lac?

Answer 4

Milk

Fun Fact: The Romans typically ate three meals a day like we do. The first meal, ientāculum, would be the equivalent of our breakfast. It was consumed in the morning and consisted generally of bread, raisins, olives, and sometimes cheese. The ientāculum was usually a simple meal, but sometimes eggs were added to it along with mulsum (wine mixed with honey) and milk (lac).

Question 5

In the context of Roman meals, what meal followed the ientāculum?

Answer 5

prandium

Fun Fact: Ientāculum would be followed by lunch, what the Romans called prandium. For the Romans prandium was a small meal which consisted of leftovers from the night before. Mostly, therefore, prandium was a meal of cold food: cheese, olives, meat, fruits, etc..

Question 6

In the context of Roman meals, what foods typically are typically served at an prandium?

Answer 6

Consisted mainly of leftovers from the night before

Fun Fact: Ientāculum would be followed by lunch, what the Romans called prandium. For the Romans prandium was a small meal which consisted of leftovers from the night before. Mostly, therefore, prandium was a meal of cold food: cheese, olives, meat, fruits, etc..

Question 7

In the context of Roman meals, what was the term for dinner?

Answer 7

cēna

Fun Fact: The main meal of the Roman day was dinner, or cēna. The cēna was generally a formal affair which took place in the trīclīnium or dining room of the house. The trīclīnium was a room with three couches (lectī). The Romans ate by reclining on their left elbow on a lectus. The cēna was served in three parts. The first part was the appetizer (gustātio / antecēna). The main course (fercula) came next. Depending upon the host, the fercula could be quite elaborate. Finally came the dessert, or secunda mē**nsa. It was called this because slaves would bring out a “second table” with the dessert on it. The secunda mēnsa consisted of nuts, fruits, pastries, and wine. Since Romans ate eggs at the beginning of the meal and apples at the end they created the expression ab ōvō usque ad māla, which means “from the egg all the way to the apples.” Sometimes in English this phrase is translated as “from soup to nuts” or “from the beginning to the end.

Question 8

In the context of Roman meals, what was a trīclīnium?

Answer 8

Dining Room

Fun Fact: The main meal of the Roman day was dinner, or cēna. The cēna was generally a formal affair which took place in the trīclīnium or dining room of the house. The trīclīnium was a room with three couches (lectī). The Romans ate by reclining on their left elbow on a lectus. The cēna was served in three parts. The first part was the appetizer (gustātio / antecēna). The main course (fercula) came next. Depending upon the host, the fercula could be quite elaborate. Finally came the dessert, or secunda mēnsa. It was called this because slaves would bring out a “second table” with the dessert on it. The secunda mēnsa consisted of nuts, fruits, pastries, and wine. Since Romans ate eggs at the beginning of the meal and apples at the end they created the expression ab ōvō usque ad māla, which means “from the egg all the way to the apples.” Sometimes in English this phrase is translated as “from soup to nuts” or “from the beginning to the end.

Question 9

In the context of Roman meals, what are the three main parts of the Roman cēna?

Answer 9

gustātio / antecēna, fercula, and secunda mēnsa

Fun Fact: The main meal of the Roman day was dinner, or cēna. The cēna was generally a formal affair which took place in the trīclīnium or dining room of the house. The trīclīnium was a room with three couches (lectī). The Romans ate by reclining on their left elbow on a lectus. The cēna was served in three parts. The first part was the appetizer (gustātio / antecēna). The main course (fercula) came next. Depending upon the host, the fercula could be quite elaborate. Finally came the dessert, or secunda mēnsa. It was called this because slaves would bring out a “second table” with the dessert on it. The secunda mēnsa consisted of nuts, fruits, pastries, and wine. Since Romans ate eggs at the beginning of the meal and apples at the end they created the expression ab ōvō usque ad māla, which means “from the egg all the way to the apples.” Sometimes in English this phrase is translated as “from soup to nuts” or “from the beginning to the end.

Question 10

In the context of Roman meals, what was the gustātio / antecēna?

Answer 10

Appetizer

Fun Fact: The main meal of the Roman day was dinner, or cēna. The cēna was generally a formal affair which took place in the trīclīnium or dining room of the house. The trīclīnium was a room with three couches (lectī). The Romans ate by reclining on their left elbow on a lectus. The cēna was served in three parts. The first part was the appetizer (gustātio / antecēna). The main course (fercula) came next. Depending upon the host, the fercula could be quite elaborate. Finally came the dessert, or secunda mēnsa. It was called this because slaves would bring out a “second table” with the dessert on it. The secunda mēnsa consisted of nuts, fruits, pastries, and wine. Since Romans ate eggs at the beginning of the meal and apples at the end they created the expression ab ōvō usque ad māla, which means “from the egg all the way to the apples.” Sometimes in English this phrase is translated as “from soup to nuts” or “from the beginning to the end.

Question 11

In the context of Roman meals, what was fercula?

Answer 11

Main course of a Roman dinner

Fun Fact: The main meal of the Roman day was dinner, or cēna. The cēna was generally a formal affair which took place in the trīclīnium or dining room of the house. The trīclīnium was a room with three couches (lectī). The Romans ate by reclining on their left elbow on a lectus. The cēna was served in three parts. The first part was the appetizer (gustātio / antecēna). The main course (fercula) came next. Depending upon the host, the fercula could be quite elaborate. Finally came the dessert, or secunda mēnsa. It was called this because slaves would bring out a “second table” with the dessert on it. The secunda mēnsa consisted of nuts, fruits, pastries, and wine. Since Romans ate eggs at the beginning of the meal and apples at the end they created the expression ab ōvō usque ad māla, which means “from the egg all the way to the apples.” Sometimes in English this phrase is translated as “from soup to nuts” or “from the beginning to the end.

Question 12

In the context of Roman meals, what was the secunda mēnsa?

Answer 12

Dessert

Fun Fact: The main meal of the Roman day was dinner, or cēna. The cēna was generally a formal affair which took place in the trīclīnium or dining room of the house. The trīclīnium was a room with three couches (lectī). The Romans ate by reclining on their left elbow on a lectus. The cēna was served in three parts. The first part was the appetizer (gustātio / antecēna). The main course (fercula) came next. Depending upon the host, the fercula could be quite elaborate. Finally came the dessert, or secunda mēnsa. It was called this because slaves would bring out a “second table” with the dessert on it. The secunda mēnsa consisted of nuts, fruits, pastries, and wine. Since Romans ate eggs at the beginning of the meal and apples at the end they created the expression ab ōvō usque ad māla, which means “from the egg all the way to the apples.” Sometimes in English this phrase is translated as “from soup to nuts” or “from the beginning to the end.

Question 13

In the context of Roman meals, what Latin expression stands for the process of the cēna?

Answer 13

ab ōvō usque ad māla

Fun Fact: The main meal of the Roman day was dinner, or cēna. The cēna was generally a formal affair which took place in the trīclīnium or dining room of the house. The trīclīnium was a room with three couches (lectī). The Romans ate by reclining on their left elbow on a lectus. The cēna was served in three parts. The first part was the appetizer (gustātio / antecēna). The main course (fercula) came next. Depending upon the host, the fercula could be quite elaborate. Finally came the dessert, or secunda mēnsa. It was called this because slaves would bring out a “second table” with the dessert on it. The secunda mēnsa consisted of nuts, fruits, pastries, and wine. Since Romans ate eggs at the beginning of the meal and apples at the end they created the expression ab ōvō usque ad māla, which means “from the egg all the way to the apples.” Sometimes in English this phrase is translated as “from soup to nuts” or “from the beginning to the end.

Question 14

In the context of Roman meals, what is the closest equivalent to a fast-food restaurant for the Romans?

Answer 14

thermopōlium

Fun Fact: In addition to meals eaten in the home, Romans sometimes purchased meals at a thermopōlium, which would be the closest equivalent to a modern fast-food restaurant.

Question 15

What are the Roman terms for the three main “parts” of a Roman citizen’s name?

Answer 15

praenōmen, nōmen, and cognōmen

Fun Fact: Roman citizens each had three names: praenōmen, nōmen, and cognōmen.

Question 16

Which “part” of a Roman name is known as the first or given name?

Answer 16

praenōmen

Fun Fact: Roman citizens each had three names: praenōmen, nōmen, and cognōmen. The praenōmen was the given name or first name.

Question 17

What is the name of the ceremony in which the parents of a Roman child give their child its praenōmen?

Answer 17

diēs lustricus

Fun Fact: Roman citizens each had three names: praenōmen, nōmen, and cognōmen. The praenōmen was the given name or first name. It was chosen by parents in a ceremony, called the diēs lustricus, nine days after the birth of a male child and typically eight days after the birth of a female child.

Question 18

Which “part” of a Roman name is known as the name of the family or clan?

Answer 18

nōmen

Fun Fact: Roman citizens each had three names: praenōmen, nōmen, and cognōmen. The praenōmen was the given name or first name. It was chosen by parents in a ceremony, called the diēs lustricus, nine days after the birth of a male child and typically eight days after the birth of a female child. The nōmen was the name of the family or clan, called the gēns in Latin.

Question 19

What Latin term is given to the name of a Roman family or clan?

Answer 19

gēns

Fun Fact: Roman citizens each had three names: praenōmen, nōmen, and cognōmen. The praenōmen was the given name or first name. It was chosen by parents in a ceremony, called the diēs lustricus, nine days after the birth of a male child and typically eight days after the birth of a female child. The nōmen was the name of the family or clan, called the gēns in Latin. The gēns consisted of several different families which all shared the same nōmen.

Question 20

Which “part” of a Roman name was used to designate a particular branch or individual family within a gēns or clan and may have originally been a nickname?

Answer 20

cognōmen

Fun Fact: Roman citizens each had three names: praenōmen, nōmen, and cognōmen. The praenōmen was the given name or first name. It was chosen by parents in a ceremony, called the diēs lustricus, nine days after the birth of a male child and typically eight days after the birth of a female child. The nōmen was the name of the family or clan, called the gēns in Latin. The gēns consisted of several different families which all shared the same nōmen. The cognōmen was used to designate a particular branch or individual family within a gēns or clan. The cognōmen may have originally been a nickname, for often times cognōmina (plural of cognōmen) had special meanings. For example, in the name Appius Claudius Caecus, the cognōmen “Caecus” means “blind.”

Question 21

Which “parts” of a Roman name are passed on directly from father to son?

Answer 21

nōmen and cognōmen

Fun Fact: When a son was born, he would take the nōmen and cognōmen of his father.

Question 22

Which “parts” of a Roman name are passed on directly from father to daughter?

Answer 22

Girls would take the nōmen of their father, but in the feminine form

Fun Fact: When a son was born, he would take the nōmen and cognōmen of his father. Girls would take the nōmen of their father, but in the feminine form. Therefore, the daughter of Marcus Tullius Cicero would be called Tullia.

Question 23

Which “fourth name”, sometimes known as an “earned name”, is given for accomplishing a famous deed?

Answer 23

agnōmen

Fun Fact: Sometimes a Roman man would be given a fourth name, called an agnōmen, for accomplishing a famous deed. Probably the most well-known example of this is the name of the general who conquered Carthage in the Second Punic War, Pūblius Cornēlius Scipio Africānus. He was given the agnōmen “Africānus” because he defeated Carthage, a city-state in Africa.

Question 24

Which Latin phrase is sometimes used to describe the agnōmen?

Answer 24

cognōmen ex virtūte

Fun Fact: Sometimes a Roman man would be given a fourth name, called an agnōmen, for accomplishing a famous deed. Probably the most well-known example of this is the name of the general who conquered Carthage in the Second Punic War, Pūblius Cornēlius Scipio Africānus. He was given the agnōmen “Africānus” because he defeated Carthage, a city-state in Africa. The agnōmen is sometimes called the cognōmen ex virtūte—the “cognōmen from virtue.”

Question 25

Which Latin praenōmen is sometimes abbreviated Q.?

Answer 25

Quīntus

Fun Fact

Question 26

Which Latin praenōmen is sometimes abbreviated Ser.?

Answer 26

Servius

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Question 27

Which Latin praenōmen is sometimes abbreviated Cn.?

Answer 27

Gnaeus

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Question 28

Which Latin praenōmen is sometimes abbreviated Sex.?

Answer 28

Sextus

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Question 29

Which Latin praenōmen is sometimes abbreviated P.?

Answer 29

Pūblius

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Question 30

Which Latin praenōmen is sometimes abbreviated M.?

Answer 30

Mārcus

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Question 31

Which Latin praenōmen is sometimes abbreviated T**.?

Answer 31

Titus

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Question 32

Which Latin praenōmen is sometimes abbreviated S.?

Answer 32

Spurius

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Question 33

Which Latin praenōmen is sometimes abbreviated K.?

Answer 33

Kaesō

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Question 34

Which Latin praenōmen is sometimes abbreviated C.?

Answer 34

Gāius

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Question 35

Which Latin praenōmen is sometimes abbreviated D.?

Answer 35

Decimus

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Question 36

Which Latin praenōmen is sometimes abbreviated Ti.?

Answer 36

Tiberius

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Question 37

Which Latin praenōmen is sometimes abbreviated A.?

Answer 37

Aulus

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Question 38

Which Latin praenōmen is sometimes abbreviated L.?

Answer 38

Lūcius

Fun Fact

Question 39

Which Latin praenōmen is sometimes abbreviated M’.?

Answer 39

Mānius

Fun Fact

Question 40

What is the Latin term for “house”?

Answer 40

domus

Fun Fact: The Roman house (domus) in very early times consisted of one room, the ātrium. Over time the domus expanded to include several different rooms, some of which are common to us and some which are peculiar to the Romans.

Question 41

What is the Latin term for the main room of a Roman domus, a room which originally was the only room of the house?

Answer 41

ātrium

Fun Fact: The Roman house (domus) in very early times consisted of one room, the ātrium. Over time the domus expanded to include several different rooms, some of which are common to us and some which are peculiar to the Romans.

Question 42

In a Roman domus, which room is the kitchen?

Answer 42

culīna

Fun Fact: The Roman house (domus) in very early times consisted of one room, the ātrium. Over time the domus expanded to include several different rooms, some of which are common to us and some which are peculiar to the Romans. For instance, the Roman house included a kitchen (culīna), bedrooms (cubicula), and a dining room (trīclīnium).

Question 43

In a Roman domus, which room is the bedroom?

Answer 43

cubiculum

Fun Fact: The Roman house (domus) in very early times consisted of one room, the ātrium. Over time the domus expanded to include several different rooms, some of which are common to us and some which are peculiar to the Romans. For instance, the Roman house included a kitchen (culīna), bedrooms (cubicula), and a dining room (trīclīnium). The Roman trīclīnium was slightly different from our dining room. In the trīclīnium were three couches (lectī). The Romans would eat while reclining on their left elbow on these lectī. In the center of the ātrium was a fountain, called the impluvium. The impluvium would receive rain water which fell through a hole in the ceiling called the compluvium. Attached to the ātrium were the alae (wings or alcoves) where Roman families kept their imāginēs (wax busts of the family’s ancestors). Each house had a tablīnum which served as the master’s study. The head of the house would keep important documents in the tablīnum in a chest called the arca. The Roman house also featured an open courtyard behind the tablīnum which contained a garden (hortus) with columns surrounding it called the peristylium. Other rooms in the house included a front door (ostium) and a backdoor (posticum), an entrance way from the street (vestibulum) and a foyer area or faucēs.

Question 44

In a Roman domus, which room is the dining room?

Answer 44

trīclīnium

Fun Fact: The Roman house (domus) in very early times consisted of one room, the ātrium. Over time the domus expanded to include several different rooms, some of which are common to us and some which are peculiar to the Romans. For instance, the Roman house included a kitchen (culīna), bedrooms (cubicula), and a dining room (trīclīnium). The Roman trīclīnium was slightly different from our dining room. In the trīclīnium were three couches (lectī). The Romans would eat while reclining on their left elbow on these lectī.

Question 45

In a Roman ātrium, what is the impluvium?

Answer 45

fountain / small pool which would receive rain water through a hole in the ceiling

Fun Fact: In the center of the ātrium was a fountain, called the impluvium. The impluvium would receive rain water which fell through a hole in the ceiling called the compluvium.

Question 46

In a Roman ātrium, what is the co**mpluvium?

Answer 46

a hole in the ceiling where water falls into the i**mpluvium

Fun Fact: In the center of the ātrium was a fountain, called the impluvium. The impluvium would receive rain water which fell through a hole in the ceiling called the compluvium.

Question 47

In a Roman domus, what are the wings that stemmed off the ātrium?

Answer 47

alae

Fun Fact: In the center of the ātrium was a fountain, called the impluvium. The impluvium would receive rain water which fell through a hole in the ceiling called the compluvium. Attached to the ātrium were the alae (wings or alcoves) where Roman families kept their imāginēs (wax busts of the family’s ancestors).

Question 48

Kept in the Roman alae, what are the imāginēs?

Answer 48

wax busts of the family ancestors

Fun Fact: In the center of the ātrium was a fountain, called the impluvium. The impluvium would receive rain water which fell through a hole in the ceiling called the compluvium. Attached to the ātrium were the alae (wings or alcoves) where Roman families kept their imāginēs (wax busts of the family’s ancestors).

Question 49

In a Roman domus, which room is the master’s study?

Answer 49

tablīnium

Fun Fact: Each house had a tablīnum which served as the master’s study.

Question 50

In a Roman tablīnium, what name is given to the chest where Romans would keep important documents?

Answer 50

arca

Fun Fact: Each house had a tablīnum which served as the master’s study. The head of the house would keep important documents in the tablīnum in a chest called the arca.

Question 51

In a Roman domus, what is the name given to the garden?

Answer 51

hortus

Fun Fact: Each house had a tablīnum which served as the master’s study. The head of the house would keep important documents in the tablīnum in a chest called the arca. The Roman house also featured an open courtyard behind the tablīnum which contained a garden (hortus) with columns surrounding it called the peristylium.

Question 52

In a Roman domus, what is the name given to the hortus that is surrounded by columns?

Answer 52

peristylium

Fun Fact: Each house had a tablīnum which served as the master’s study. The head of the house would keep important documents in the tablīnum in a chest called the arca. The Roman house also featured an open courtyard behind the tablīnum which contained a garden (hortus) with columns surrounding it called the peristylium.

Question 53

In a Roman domus, what is the name given to the front door?

Answer 53

ostium

Fun Fact: Each house had a tablīnum which served as the master’s study. The head of the house would keep important documents in the tablīnum in a chest called the arca. The Roman house also featured an open courtyard behind the tablīnum which contained a garden (hortus) with columns surrounding it called the peristylium. Other rooms in the house included a front door (ostium) and a backdoor (posticum), an entrance way from the street (vestibulum) and a foyer area or faucēs.

Question 54

In a Roman domus, what is the name given to the back door?

Answer 54

posticum

Fun Fact: Each house had a tablīnum which served as the master’s study. The head of the house would keep important documents in the tablīnum in a chest called the arca. The Roman house also featured an open courtyard behind the tablīnum which contained a garden (hortus) with columns surrounding it called the peristylium. Other rooms in the house included a front door (ostium) and a backdoor (posticum), an entrance way from the street (vestibulum) and a foyer area or faucēs.

Question 55

In a Roman domus, what is the name given to the entryway from the street?

Answer 55

vestibulum

Fun Fact: Each house had a tablīnum which served as the master’s study. The head of the house would keep important documents in the tablīnum in a chest called the arca. The Roman house also featured an open courtyard behind the tablīnum which contained a garden (hortus) with columns surrounding it called the peristylium. Other rooms in the house included a front door (ostium) and a backdoor (posticum), an entrance way from the street (vestibulum) and a foyer area or faucēs.

Question 56

In a Roman domus, what is the name given to the foyer areas in the house?

Answer 56

faucēs

Fun Fact: Each house had a tablīnum which served as the master’s study. The head of the house would keep important documents in the tablīnum in a chest called the arca. The Roman house also featured an open courtyard behind the tablīnum which contained a garden (hortus) with columns surrounding it called the peristylium. Other rooms in the house included a front door (ostium) and a backdoor (posticum), an entrance way from the street (vestibulum) and a foyer area or faucēs.

Question 57

Identify the part of the house marked with the number 11.

Answer 57

cubiculum

Fun Fact: Here are all of the locations listed.

Question 58

Identify the part of the house marked with the number 4.

Answer 58

faucēs

Fun Fact: Here are all of the locations listed.

Question 59

Identify the part of the house marked with the number 15.

Answer 59

culīna

Fun Fact: Here are all of the locations listed.

Question 60

Identify the part of the house marked with the number 3.

Answer 60

vestibulum

Fun Fact: Here are all of the locations listed.

Question 61

Identify the part of the house marked with the number 8.

Answer 61

tablīnum

Fun Fact: Here are all of the locations listed.

Question 62

Identify the part of the house marked with the number 10.

Answer 62

taberna

Fun Fact: Here are all of the locations listed.

Question 63

Identify the part of the house marked with the number 6.

Answer 63

ala(e)

Fun Fact: Here are all of the locations listed.

Question 64

Identify the part of the house marked with the number 13.

Answer 64

posticum

Fun Fact: Here are all of the locations listed.

Question 65

Identify the part of the house marked with the number 5.

Answer 65

impluvium

Fun Fact: Here are all of the locations listed.

Question 66

Identify the part of the house marked with the number 7.

Answer 66

trīclinium

Fun Fact: Here are all of the locations listed.

Question 67

Identify the part of the house marked with the number 9.

Answer 67

exedra

Fun Fact: Here are all of the locations listed.

Question 68

Identify the part of the house marked with the number 12.

Answer 68

andron

Fun Fact: Here are all of the locations listed.

Question 69

Identify the part of the house marked with the number 2.

Answer 69

peristylium

Fun Fact: Here are all of the locations listed.

Question 70

Identify the part of the house marked with the number 14.

Answer 70

latrina

Fun Fact: Here are all of the locations listed.

Question 71

Identify the part of the house marked with the number 1.

Answer 71

Ātrium

Fun Fact: Here are all of the locations listed.

Question 72

Identify the part of the house marked with the number 1.

Answer 72

Ātrium

Fun Fact: Here are all of the locations listed.

Question 73

Identify the part of the house marked with the number 14.

Answer 73

latrina

Fun Fact: Here are all of the locations listed.

Question 74

Identify the part of the house marked with the number 2.

Answer 74

peristylium

Fun Fact: Here are all of the locations listed.

Question 75

Identify the part of the house marked with the number 12.

Answer 75

andron

Fun Fact: Here are all of the locations listed.

Question 76

Identify the part of the house marked with the number 9.

Answer 76

exedra

Fun Fact: Here are all of the locations listed.

Question 77

Identify the part of the house marked with the number 7.

Answer 77

trīclinium

Fun Fact: Here are all of the locations listed.

Question 78

Identify the part of the house marked with the number 5.

Answer 78

impluvium

Fun Fact: Here are all of the locations listed.

Question 79

Identify the part of the house marked with the number 13.

Answer 79

posticum

Fun Fact: Here are all of the locations listed.

Question 80

Identify the part of the house marked with the number 6.

Answer 80

ala(e)

Fun Fact: Here are all of the locations listed.

Question 81

Identify the part of the house marked with the number 10.

Answer 81

taberna

Fun Fact: Here are all of the locations listed.

Question 82

Identify the part of the house marked with the number 8.

Answer 82

tablīnum

Fun Fact: Here are all of the locations listed.

Question 83

Identify the part of the house marked with the number 3.

Answer 83

vestibulum

Fun Fact: Here are all of the locations listed.

Question 84

Identify the part of the house marked with the number 15.

Answer 84

culīna

Fun Fact: Here are all of the locations listed.

Question 85

Identify the part of the house marked with the number 4.

Answer 85

faucēs

Fun Fact: Here are all of the locations listed.

Question 86

Identify the part of the house marked with the number 11.

Answer 86

cubiculum

Fun Fact: Here are all of the locations listed.

Question 87

In a Roman domus, what is the name given to the foyer areas in the house?

Answer 87

faucēs

Fun Fact: Each house had a tablīnum which served as the master’s study. The head of the house would keep important documents in the tablīnum in a chest called the arca. The Roman house also featured an open courtyard behind the tablīnum which contained a garden (hortus) with columns surrounding it called the peristylium. Other rooms in the house included a front door (ostium) and a backdoor (posticum), an entrance way from the street (vestibulum) and a foyer area or faucēs.

Question 88

In a Roman domus, what is the name given to the entryway from the street?

Answer 88

vestibulum

Fun Fact: Each house had a tablīnum which served as the master’s study. The head of the house would keep important documents in the tablīnum in a chest called the arca. The Roman house also featured an open courtyard behind the tablīnum which contained a garden (hortus) with columns surrounding it called the peristylium. Other rooms in the house included a front door (ostium) and a backdoor (posticum), an entrance way from the street (vestibulum) and a foyer area or faucēs.

Question 89

In a Roman domus, what is the name given to the back door?

Answer 89

posticum

Fun Fact: Each house had a tablīnum which served as the master’s study. The head of the house would keep important documents in the tablīnum in a chest called the arca. The Roman house also featured an open courtyard behind the tablīnum which contained a garden (hortus) with columns surrounding it called the peristylium. Other rooms in the house included a front door (ostium) and a backdoor (posticum), an entrance way from the street (vestibulum) and a foyer area or faucēs.

Question 90

In a Roman domus, what is the name given to the front door?

Answer 90

ostium

Fun Fact: Each house had a tablīnum which served as the master’s study. The head of the house would keep important documents in the tablīnum in a chest called the arca. The Roman house also featured an open courtyard behind the tablīnum which contained a garden (hortus) with columns surrounding it called the peristylium. Other rooms in the house included a front door (ostium) and a backdoor (posticum), an entrance way from the street (vestibulum) and a foyer area or faucēs.

Question 91

In a Roman domus, what is the name given to the hortus that is surrounded by columns?

Answer 91

peristylium

Fun Fact: Each house had a tablīnum which served as the master’s study. The head of the house would keep important documents in the tablīnum in a chest called the arca. The Roman house also featured an open courtyard behind the tablīnum which contained a garden (hortus) with columns surrounding it called the peristylium.

Question 92

In a Roman domus, what is the name given to the garden?

Answer 92

hortus

Fun Fact: Each house had a tablīnum which served as the master’s study. The head of the house would keep important documents in the tablīnum in a chest called the arca. The Roman house also featured an open courtyard behind the tablīnum which contained a garden (hortus) with columns surrounding it called the peristylium.

Question 93

In a Roman tablīnium, what name is given to the chest where Romans would keep important documents?

Answer 93

arca

Fun Fact: Each house had a tablīnum which served as the master’s study. The head of the house would keep important documents in the tablīnum in a chest called the arca.

Question 94

In a Roman domus, which room is the master’s study?

Answer 94

tablīnium

Fun Fact: Each house had a tablīnum which served as the master’s study.

Question 95

Kept in the Roman alae, what are the imāginēs?

Answer 95

wax busts of the family ancestors

Fun Fact: In the center of the ātrium was a fountain, called the impluvium. The impluvium would receive rain water which fell through a hole in the ceiling called the compluvium. Attached to the ātrium were the alae (wings or alcoves) where Roman families kept their imāginēs (wax busts of the family’s ancestors).

Question 96

In a Roman domus, what are the wings that stemmed off the ātrium?

Answer 96

alae

Fun Fact: In the center of the ātrium was a fountain, called the impluvium. The impluvium would receive rain water which fell through a hole in the ceiling called the compluvium. Attached to the ātrium were the alae (wings or alcoves) where Roman families kept their imāginēs (wax busts of the family’s ancestors).

Question 97

In a Roman ātrium, what is the co**mpluvium?

Answer 97

a hole in the ceiling where water falls into the i**mpluvium

Fun Fact: In the center of the ātrium was a fountain, called the impluvium. The impluvium would receive rain water which fell through a hole in the ceiling called the compluvium.

Question 98

In a Roman ātrium, what is the impluvium?

Answer 98

fountain / small pool which would receive rain water through a hole in the ceiling

Fun Fact: In the center of the ātrium was a fountain, called the impluvium. The impluvium would receive rain water which fell through a hole in the ceiling called the compluvium.

Question 99

In a Roman domus, which room is the dining room?

Answer 99

trīclīnium

Fun Fact: The Roman house (domus) in very early times consisted of one room, the ātrium. Over time the domus expanded to include several different rooms, some of which are common to us and some which are peculiar to the Romans. For instance, the Roman house included a kitchen (culīna), bedrooms (cubicula), and a dining room (trīclīnium). The Roman trīclīnium was slightly different from our dining room. In the trīclīnium were three couches (lectī). The Romans would eat while reclining on their left elbow on these lectī.

Question 100

In a Roman domus, which room is the bedroom?

Answer 100

cubiculum

Fun Fact: The Roman house (domus) in very early times consisted of one room, the ātrium. Over time the domus expanded to include several different rooms, some of which are common to us and some which are peculiar to the Romans. For instance, the Roman house included a kitchen (culīna), bedrooms (cubicula), and a dining room (trīclīnium). The Roman trīclīnium was slightly different from our dining room. In the trīclīnium were three couches (lectī). The Romans would eat while reclining on their left elbow on these lectī. In the center of the ātrium was a fountain, called the impluvium. The impluvium would receive rain water which fell through a hole in the ceiling called the compluvium. Attached to the ātrium were the alae (wings or alcoves) where Roman families kept their imāginēs (wax busts of the family’s ancestors). Each house had a tablīnum which served as the master’s study. The head of the house would keep important documents in the tablīnum in a chest called the arca. The Roman house also featured an open courtyard behind the tablīnum which contained a garden (hortus) with columns surrounding it called the peristylium. Other rooms in the house included a front door (ostium) and a backdoor (posticum), an entrance way from the street (vestibulum) and a foyer area or faucēs.

Question 101

In a Roman domus, which room is the kitchen?

Answer 101

culīna

Fun Fact: The Roman house (domus) in very early times consisted of one room, the ātrium. Over time the domus expanded to include several different rooms, some of which are common to us and some which are peculiar to the Romans. For instance, the Roman house included a kitchen (culīna), bedrooms (cubicula), and a dining room (trīclīnium).

Question 102

What is the Latin term for the main room of a Roman domus, a room which originally was the only room of the house?

Answer 102

ātrium

Fun Fact: The Roman house (domus) in very early times consisted of one room, the ātrium. Over time the domus expanded to include several different rooms, some of which are common to us and some which are peculiar to the Romans.

Question 103

What is the Latin term for “house”?

Answer 103

domus

Fun Fact: The Roman house (domus) in very early times consisted of one room, the ātrium. Over time the domus expanded to include several different rooms, some of which are common to us and some which are peculiar to the Romans.