roman entertainment Flashcards
balls filled with hair, feather, or air
folles
catch, played with three people and two balls
trigon
how many officials did trigon have
2
what did the trigon officials do
- kept score
2. returned stray balls
rugby or football
harpastum
chess
latrunculī
what does latrunculī translate to
little bandits
backgammon
duodecem scrīpta
what does duodecem scrīpta translate to
12 tables
checkers
calculī
game similar to Italian mora
micātiō
knucklebones
tālī
what were tālī made of
knucklebones of sheep or goat
how was tālī played
five are thrown and caught on the back of
the hand kind of like jacks
what is another use for tali
dice
four sided dice
tesserae
what numbers did tesserae lack
2 and 5
dice-box from which the dice were thrown
fritillus
highest throw
Venus
requirement for “venus” roll
had all different numbers
middle throw
Sēniō
requirements for a “Sēniō” throw
6 and three other numbers
lowest throw
Vulture
requirements for a “Vulture” throw
all the same number
lowest of a vulture throw
dogs
requirements for a “dogs” throw
rolled all ones (1,1,1,1)
private games
munera
public games
lūdī
dramatic performances in a theater
lūdī scaenicī
mime, farce, actor in mime
mīmus
pantomime
pantomīmus
comedies
cōmoediae
tragedies
tragoediae
manager in producing a play
dominus gregis
troupe of inferior actors
grex
props necessary for a play
ōrnāmenta
front line of the stage
proscaenium/proscēnium
what was behind the proscaenium
scaena/scena
what was the scaena
stage for actors
what was before the proscaenium
cavea
what was the cavea
place for spectators
semicircular passage in the middle of the audience
praecinctiō
groups of rows
maeniāna
what divided the audience into maeniāna
praecinctio
awnings that protected from rain or sun
vēla
the Roman circus
circus
