Roman Dependents: Slaves and Clients Flashcards
What was a group of 10 house slaves?
Decuria
Who said that an individual could have up to 10 and 20 thousand slaves?
Athenaeus
Under what legal official were slave sales conducted?
Quaestor
What was the symbol of a sale under a public official?
A hasta
Phrase meaning “to be sold into slavery”.
Sub hasta venire
What did captives and victims of sacrifice wear on their heads?
Garlands
Who was the seller of slaves?
Mangones
What was the term for slave marriage?
Contubernium
What was the term for a slave born in the house?
Vernae
What signified that a slave was imported?
Chalked feet, they also had a tax
Under what official were slave auctions held?
Aediles
How could you distinguish a slave from the East?
They had pierced ears
What was the term for the scroll around a slave’s neck that identified the slave’s character?
Titulus
What was the term for a slave sold for immoral purposes?
Leno
Who were the people who took care of public buildings?
Servi publici
What was a slave in charge of latifundia?
Vilicus
What was a slave in charge of slave women who made wool clothes?
Vilica
What was a butler?
Atriensis
Who purchased goods and kept records of the purchases?
Procurator or Dispendator
Who was the door keeper?
Ostiarius or ianitor
Who was a hairdresser?
Ornator
Who was a barber?
Tonsor
Who was a slave who cared for feet or made shoes?
Calceator
Who was the slave who was the hair dressers for the mistress?
Ciniflones or Cinerarii
Who was the slave who cleared the way for the master?
Anteambulones
Who would accompany a master back from parties?
Adversitores
Who would remind a master of the names of people?
Nomenclator
Who was the slave trained to keep the togas folded when not in use?
Vestiplicus
What was the power of the master over the slaves?
Dominium
What was the property of a slaves?
Peculium
Term for the slave of a slave?
Vicarius
Who was a slave who took care of a yoke of bullocks?
Bubulcus
What were rods and sticks for punishment made of?
Elm or ulmi
What was the lash of rawhide made of cords/thongs of leather?
Scutica
What was a whip and bits of bone or metal?
Flagrum
Who was the culprit who carried on his shoulders a log of wood shaped like a V?
Furcifer
Who was branded with an F on the forehead, sometimes had a metal collar around his neck?
Fugitivus or Fugitive
What were the slave quarters?
Cellae familiae
What was a prison for slaves to work enchained?
Ergastulum
What was the punishment for a slave who murdered or tried to murder their master?
Crucifixion
What was the act of freeing a slave before a witness?
Manumission
What was the cap of liberty?
Pilleus
What was the greeting to his patron in the atrium of the patron’s house?
Salutatio
What was the basket of cold food given to the client by the patron?
Sportula
What were the tokens of hospitality exchanged?
Tesserae hospitales
