Roman Daily Life 2024

Question 1

When was the Campus Martius built?

Answer 1

10 BCE

Question 2

Which festival was celebrated by the election of a mock king?

Answer 2

Saturnalia

Question 3

What year was Julius Caesar assassinated

Answer 3

44 BC

Question 4

What sacred object was located in the Temple of Vesta?

Answer 4

eternal flame

Question 5

What was the name of the household gods?

Answer 5

Lares / Penates

Question 6

With what weapons did a Retiarus fight in the Colosseum?

Answer 6

net and trident

Question 7

What was the tepidarium in the baths?

Answer 7

the warm room

Question 8

Matronalia celebrated what goddess?

Answer 8

Juno

Question 9

Which Roman standard represented the whole legion?

Answer 9

aquila

Question 10

What was the purpose of the Roman forum?

Answer 10

selling and trading

Question 11

What was a main industry of the Roman Empire, overseen by the goddess Ceres?

Answer 11

farming

Question 12

What feature of the Roman domus caught rain water in a pool?

Answer 12

impluvium

Question 13

Which of the following is not included in the cursus honorum?

Answer 13

maniple

Question 14

To whom would a cliens devote himself?

Answer 14

patron

Question 15

What was a main crop for the Romans, associated with the god Bacchus?

Answer 15

grapes

Question 16

Amphorae are

Answer 16

jars used to transport wine

Question 17

The slave who served as a tutor and guardian to a child was called a

Answer 17

paedagogus

Question 18

Where did the Roman senate meet?

Answer 18

Curia

Question 19

Which of the following was NOT used to count when learning arithmetic?

Answer 19

litteri

Question 20

Who wore a flammeum?

Answer 20

bride

Question 21

How many soldiers were in a century?

Answer 21

80

Question 22

What was the Latin word for a sundial, derived from the Greek word meaning “hour counter”?

Answer 22

horologium

Question 23

What was the name of the bundle of rods carried as a symbol of power for a Roman magistrate?

Answer 23

fasces

Question 24

Who built the first permanent theater in Rome?

Answer 24

Pompey

Question 25

The Twelve Tables decreed that bodies should be buried only

Answer 25

in catacombs

Question 26

A man was called a novus homo because he was

Answer 26

first in family to hold office

Question 27

Who was the god of trade, commerce, theft, communication, and travel?

Answer 27

Mercury

Question 28

hen was Hadrian’s wall built?

Answer 28

122 CE

Question 29

Who was at the highest point of the social scale?

Answer 29

The Senatorial Order

Question 30

Which of the following is not an occupation which women often had?

Answer 30

jewelers

Question 31

What provided light in a Roman house?

Answer 31

peristyle garden

Question 32

Who was in charge of a Roman woman’s hair?

Answer 32

ornatrix

Question 33

In the 2nd c. BCE, schools were encouraged to model their instructions off of whom?

Answer 33

Greeks

Question 34

What were the 7 days of the week named for?

Answer 34

The Planets

Question 35

Into how many watches was the night divided?

Answer 35

4

Question 36

What was used for mock-naval battles?

Answer 36

naumachia

Question 37

In the Urbs of Rome, what are the insulae?

Answer 37

apartments

Question 38

After the death of Nero, what was the prime background for becoming emperor?

Answer 38

military commander

Question 39

Under whose reign did women have a claim to inheritance provided they had enough children- 3 children rule?

Answer 39

Augustus

Question 40

What often happened to illegitimate children and female babies?

Answer 40

exposure

Question 41

What was the primary language used to teach grammar and rhetoric, especially in early Rome?

Answer 41

Greek

Question 42

What import did Rome get from Egypt and other parts of Africa?

Answer 42

grain

Question 43

How many men made up a centumviri in Roman court?

Answer 43

180

Question 44

What was the turning point in the Roman circus called?

Answer 44

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