Roman Daily Life 2024 Flashcards
When was the Campus Martius built?
10 BCE
Which festival was celebrated by the election of a mock king?
Saturnalia
What year was Julius Caesar assassinated
44 BC
What sacred object was located in the Temple of Vesta?
eternal flame
What was the name of the household gods?
Lares / Penates
With what weapons did a Retiarus fight in the Colosseum?
net and trident
What was the tepidarium in the baths?
the warm room
Matronalia celebrated what goddess?
Juno
Which Roman standard represented the whole legion?
aquila
What was the purpose of the Roman forum?
selling and trading
What was a main industry of the Roman Empire, overseen by the goddess Ceres?
farming
What feature of the Roman domus caught rain water in a pool?
impluvium
Which of the following is not included in the cursus honorum?
maniple
To whom would a cliens devote himself?
patron
What was a main crop for the Romans, associated with the god Bacchus?
grapes
Amphorae are
jars used to transport wine
The slave who served as a tutor and guardian to a child was called a
paedagogus
Where did the Roman senate meet?
Curia
Which of the following was NOT used to count when learning arithmetic?
litteri
Who wore a flammeum?
bride
How many soldiers were in a century?
80
What was the Latin word for a sundial, derived from the Greek word meaning “hour counter”?
horologium
What was the name of the bundle of rods carried as a symbol of power for a Roman magistrate?
fasces
Who built the first permanent theater in Rome?
Pompey
The Twelve Tables decreed that bodies should be buried only
in catacombs
A man was called a novus homo because he was
first in family to hold office
Who was the god of trade, commerce, theft, communication, and travel?
Mercury
hen was Hadrian’s wall built?
122 CE
Who was at the highest point of the social scale?
The Senatorial Order
Which of the following is not an occupation which women often had?
jewelers
What provided light in a Roman house?
peristyle garden
Who was in charge of a Roman woman’s hair?
ornatrix
In the 2nd c. BCE, schools were encouraged to model their instructions off of whom?
Greeks
What were the 7 days of the week named for?
The Planets
Into how many watches was the night divided?
4
What was used for mock-naval battles?
naumachia
In the Urbs of Rome, what are the insulae?
apartments
After the death of Nero, what was the prime background for becoming emperor?
military commander
Under whose reign did women have a claim to inheritance provided they had enough children- 3 children rule?
Augustus
What often happened to illegitimate children and female babies?
exposure
What was the primary language used to teach grammar and rhetoric, especially in early Rome?
Greek
What import did Rome get from Egypt and other parts of Africa?
grain
How many men made up a centumviri in Roman court?
180
What was the turning point in the Roman circus called?
meta
