Roman- Keywords

Question 0

Patrician

Answer 0

The rich people in Rome.

Question 1

Roman Empire

Answer 1

An area in Europe owned by the Romans.

Question 2

Plebeian

Answer 2

The poor people in Rome.

Question 3

Domus

Answer 3

A large house also known as a villa where the patricians lived.

Question 4

Atrium

Answer 4

A hall in front of the front door open to the sky.

Question 5

Impluvium

Answer 5

A shallow pool.

Question 6

Peristyle

Answer 6

A walled garden.

Question 7

Insulae

Answer 7

Blocks of flats where plebeians lived.

Question 8

Thermopolia

Answer 8

Shops that lined the street where plebeians got their food. ( like a takeaway )

Question 9

Oratory

Answer 9

The art of public speaking.

Question 10

Toga

Answer 10

The official dress of the roman citizens. It was like a dress draped around the body.

Question 11

Stola

Answer 11

A long woollen tunic that girls wore.

Question 12

Dole

Answer 12

Handouts of bread from the government that Romans depended on to survive.

Question 13

Lares

Answer 13

Household gods that each family had. They believed they were their ancestors looking over them.

Question 14

Catacombs

Answer 14

Underground graveyards where the dead were buried.

Question 15

Caladium

Answer 15

A room in the Roman baths with a tub of hot water in the room.

Question 16

Frigidarium

Answer 16

A cold room in the Roman baths with a cold pool.

Question 17

Circus maximus

Answer 17

A racetrack where chariot reces were held.

Question 18

Colosseum

Answer 18

Where Gladiator fights were held.

Question 19

Gladiator

Answer 19

People who fighter animals or other people. Usually slaves.