Roman Life Flashcards
What servant would accompany children to school?
Paedagogus
What was special about a retiarius?
fought with a net and trident
What was special about an essedarius?
fought in a chariot
What temperature water was in the caldarium?
hot
What would a rhetor teach?
oratory/rhetoric
Where could a Roman watch chariot races?
Circus
What were thermae?
Baths
What temperature water was in the frigidarium?
cold
What level of school did a litterator teach?
Elementary school
Where could a Roman use a strigil to scrape oil off their body?
Thermae (Unctorium)
What was special about a myrmillo?
fish-crested helmet
What would a grammaticus teach?
Greek, geography, myth, history, etc.
Where could a Roman watch gladiatorial combats?
Amphitheater (most famous of which was the Colosseum)
Where would a Roman be if they were in the apodyterium?
Thermae (Changing Room)
