Roman Life Flashcards
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emancipatio
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process by which sons of paterfamilias become heads of new houses
2
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adrogatio
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process of one paterfamilias adopting another paterfamilias (had to be approved by pontifices and comitia curiata)
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Q
A
A
Aulus
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Q
D
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Decimus
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Q
C
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Gaius
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Q
CN
A
Gnaeus
7
Q
K
A
Kaeso
8
Q
L
A
Lucius
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Q
M’
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Manius
10
Q
M
A
Marcus
11
Q
P
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Publius
12
Q
Q
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Quintus
13
Q
SER
A
Servius
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SEX
A
Sextus
15
Q
S
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Spurius
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TI
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Tiberius
17
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T
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Titus
18
Q
praenomen
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First name
19
Q
nomen
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second name, shows what gens you are
20
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cognomen
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third name, descriptive of some ancestor, shows branch of a family (eg: Cincinnatus= curly haired)
21
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agnomen
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fourth name, from adoption (eg: Octavianus) or military achievement (eg: Africanus)
22
Q
How were women named?
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Based on their father’s nomens, so Gaius JULIUS Caesar’s daughter is JULIA
23
Q
confarreatio
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traditional marriage ceremony practiced by the patricians, 10 witnesses required
24
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camillus
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boy who carries utensils of the bride in a confarreatio
25
cumerus
basket that the camillus would hold in a confarreatio
26
Farreum Libum
spelt cake offered to Jupiter during confarreatio
27
coemptio
plebeian marriage ritual, 5 witnesses, represented a fake "sale" of the bride for one coin
28
usus
lower class people marriage
29
contubernium
marriage of slaves
30
tunica recta
women's wedding dress
31
nodus Herculeanus
knot of Hercules, secured the tunica recta
32
flammeum
orange bridal veil
33
vitta
ribbon holding hair together
34
Quando tu Gaius, ego Gaia
words spoken by bride at wedding
35
What month was considered bad for marriage?
May
36
sponsalia
promise (by law) of a future marriage to someone
37
What were the names of the guardian spirits who entered the world with boys and girls?
Genius (boys) and Iuno (girls)
38
Dies Lustricus
9th day after birth (8th for girls) when name was given
39
primordia
first days before name was given
40
What were children called during primordia?
Pupus/Pupa
41
Grammaticus
School teacher
42
paedogogus
slave who took kids to school
43
mango
slave dealer
44
titulus
scroll containing info about slaves, hung around their neck at a sale
45
vilicus
slave who managed the other slaves on a farm
46
vicarius
slave owned by another slave
47
pilleus
cap worn by slaves at auctions
48
alae
alcoves on either side of the atrium
49
vestibulum
entrance hall from street to atrium
50
imagines
wax figures of ancestors stored in the alae
51
sella
stool
52
solium
high backed chair
53
lucerna
lamp
54
clepsydra
water clock
55
solarium
sundial
56
toga virilis
average citizen
57
toga candida
running for office, whitened with chalk
58
toga praetexta
purple border, worn by consuls, dictators, censors, etc and boys
59
toga picta
crimson color, triumphant generals
60
toga pulla
people in mourning
61
lacerna
worn over toga (overcoat) to protect from the elements
62
soleae
sandals/slippers with a leather sole
63
calcei
shoes
64
petasus
wide brimmed traveling hat
65
zona
women's girdle/belt
66
fullo
drycleaner, they often used urine
67
pilleus
cone shaped cap of freedom
68
thermopolium
deli
69
malum persicum
peach
70
malum armeniacum
apricot
71
malum punicum
pomegranate
72
oleum
olive oil
73
mulsum
wine and honey
74
mulsa
water and honey
75
garum
fermented fish sauce
76
glis
doormouse (a delicacy)
77
ientaculum
breakfast
78
prandium
lunch
79
cena
dinner
80
gustatio
appetizer
81
lectus
dining couch
82
secunda mensa
dessert
83
ab ovo usque ad mala
from the egg to the apples (meaning the beginning to end of a Roman meal)
84
convivium
dinner party
85
Naumachiae
mock naval battles in colosseum
86
thermae
baths
87
apodyterium
dressing room in baths
88
tepidarium
warm room
89
caldarium
hot room
90
frigidarium
cold room
91
unctorium
room for rubbing and anointing with oil in baths
92
laconicum
steam room in baths
93
Parts of a palaestra
piscina (cold pool) and destrictarium (scraping off sweat and dirt)
94
tesserae
dice
95
tali
knucklebones (like dice, but four sided and marked with 1,3,4,6)
96
fritillus
box to hold tali
97
carceres
starting gate at chariot races
98
spina
dividing wall in chariot race
99
metae
turning posts in chariot race
100
spatium/curriculum
1 lap of a chariot race
101
missus
full chariot race course (normally 7 laps)
102
dator ludorum
giver of games
103
mappa
napkin dropped by dator ludorum to start chariot race
104
factiones
the groups of chariot racers (red green blue white)
105
Who added colors to the chariot racing factiones, and what were they>
Domitian added purple and gold
106
venationes
hunts in the Circus for entertainment
107
Lanista
gladiator trainer
108
rudis
wooden sword used in gladiator training and given to them if they won freedom
109
Porta Libitinensis
gate where dead bodies of gladiators exited
110
Porta Triumphalis
gate in circus maximus, chariots entered there
111
essedarius
fought from chariot gladiator
112
tiro
gladiator making his first public appearance
113
andabata
blindfolded gladiator
114
dimachaerus
two sworded gladiator
115
laquaeatores
lasso gladiator
116
retiarius
net and trident gladiator
117
Murmillones
fish helmet gladiator
118
secutor
similar to the murmillones, fought a retiarius
119
prolusio
fake fight with blunt weapons before actual gladiator fight
120
nos morituri te salutamus
"we who are about to die salute you"
121
consuls
chief magistrates, 2 elected to serve each year
122
praetors
judges
123
quaestor
treasurer
124
aediles
public stuff like games
125
praefectus annonae
supervised grain supply
126
censor
two elected every 5 years, served 18 months, they did a census and could take away citizenship from people, also did building projects like roads and aqueducts
127
dictator
6 month term in times of emergency
128
iudex
judge
129
argentarius
banker
130
sutor
shoemaker
131
tonsor
barber
132
nomenclator
reminds his boss of the name of the person he is speaking to
133
carnifex
butcher
134
publicanus
tax collector
135
pistor
baker
136
caupo
innkeeper
137
cenotaphium
empty tomb for if body wasn't found/lost at sea
138
puticuli
graves for poor people on Esquiline hill
139
ustrina
private burial plot
140
columbaria
underground chamber to hold funeral urns
141
laudatio
funeral oration
142
lectus funebris
funeral couch in atrium where body was placed
143
rogus
funeral pyre
144
funus acerbum
funeral for young children
145
funus plebeium
funeral for plebeians
146
Salii
leaping priests of Mars
147
augures
interpreted wills of gods by watching bird flight patterns
148
quindecemviri
priests in charge of watching the Sibyline Books
149
fetiales
20 priests who declared war
150
Compitalia
feast of the crossroads, Lares (gods of fields) worshipped
151
Lupercalia
fertility festival on February 15, whipping stuff
152
Parilia
Rome's birthday on April 21st
153
Robigalia
red dog sacrificed to Robigus(god of rust) to avoid wheat rusting
154
Saturnalia
slaves switched roles with masters, gambling allowed
155
iauna
(front) door
156
fores
double doors
157
posticum
back door (opened into the garden)
158
versūs Fescennīnī
what the crowd sings in a wedding procession
159
forica
public toilet
160
litterator
elementary school level reading writing and math teacher
