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1
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What was the basic shape of the theatre?

A

Semi-circle

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2
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Were play put on every day in Pompeii?

A

No

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3
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At what time of the day did plays begin?

A

Morning

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4
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A) Which people did not had to get to theatre early in order to get good seats?
B) why?

A

A) Councillors and important people

B) they had tokens

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5
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A) How many people could watch a play in the Theatre in Pompeii?
B)was it free?

A

A)5000 people

B) yes

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6
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What was there in the theatre instead of roof?

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An awning

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7
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How many actors played the different parts in a pantomime?

A

1

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8
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Who told the story while it was being mimed?

A

A chorus

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9
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What kind of people became actors usually?

A

Slaves or freedmen

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10
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What two reasons were there for actors to wear masks?

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  • to pretend to be another person.

- to be scary/funny

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11
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Give 3 things that slaves couldn’t do but ordinary romans could?

A

Complain to a judge
Get married
Own personal things

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12
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What were the 3 most commons ways to became slaves?

A

Prisoner of war
Taken by pirates
Children of slaves

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13
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A) How many slaves did Pedanius Secunduss own?
B) what happened to him?
C) what happened to them?

A

A) 400
B) he was murdered by one of them
C) they were all killed

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14
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Give two examples of unpleasant jobs in the countryside

A

Work in mines

Work with animals

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15
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Give examples of skilled jobs in house, for which a slave had to be clever and trained

A

Cooks

Musician

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16
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What reason was there for treating all slaves well?

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So that they are happy and worker better.

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17
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What reason was there for treating a SKILLED SLAVE well?

A

It would be more expensive to replace

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18
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What shape was the amphitheatre?

A

Oval

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19
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What were there awnings in the amphitheatre for?

A

To protect from sun

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20
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Which buildings in Pompeii had a large awning?

A

The large theatre, the amphitheatre

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21
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Was the amphitheatre free?

A

Yes

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22
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What kind of people usually became gladiators?

A

Slaves

War prisoners

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23
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How would you know a gladiator was a…

a) murmillo
b) retiarius

A

A) they had a fish shape in his helmet

B) had nets and tridents

24
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What did it meant when the audience turned thumbs down in a gladiator fight?

A

Set the gladiator free (don’t kill him)

25
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What did it meant when the gladiator raised his arm?

A

He surrendered

26
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Who made the final decision on the fate of the defeated gladiator?

A

Man in charge

27
Q

What happened at a venatio?

A

Animal hunt

28
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What was the word for a gladiator who fought in a venatio?

A

Bestiarius

29
Q

Who wrote about the riot which involved Pompeii and nuceria?

A

Tacitus

30
Q

Were the public baths free?

A

No

31
Q

A man went to the……….. before going in the baths

A

Palaestra

32
Q

What did a man do in the palaestra?

A

Excercise

Greet friends

33
Q

What was the apodyterium

A

Dressing room

34
Q

What did the ostiarius do?

A

Took his cloths while he was in the baths and looked after it for him.

35
Q

A) Which room was the hot one?

B)did it have a bath?

A

A) caldarium

B) yes

36
Q

A)Which room was the warm room?

B) did it have a bath?

A

A)tepidarium

B)no

37
Q

A)What was the olive oil used for in the baths?

B) what was the strigil used for?

A

A) to clean themselves

B) scraping

38
Q

Where was there cold water apart from the frigidarium?

A

Caldarium

39
Q

A) what is a hypocaust?

B) name one disadvantage of having heating under the floor?

A

A) underfloor Heating channel system

B) it might burn if the floor is made out of wood

40
Q

At what age did a boy go to school for the first time?

A

7

41
Q

What was the name for the teacher of the first school?

A

Ludi magister

42
Q

At what age were girls usually married?

A

14

43
Q

When they went to school, pupils were escorted by a slave know as …. who was responsible for their behaviour and protection.

A

paedagogus

44
Q

How many slaves accompanied the pupil to school?

A

2

45
Q

What did the slave who accompanied child to school do?(not paedagogus)

A

Carried books and writing materials

46
Q

What did pupils do in the ludis magister school?

A

Write and read Greek and Latin and perhaps some simple arithmetic

47
Q

Where did they wrote stuff?

A

Tabulae(wooden tablets) coated with thin film of wax

48
Q

A)What did they use to write things?

B)what was it made of?

A

A)stilus

B)it was a thin stick of metal,bone or ivory.

49
Q

Why was the other end of the stilus flat?

A

To rub out mistakes and make wax smooth again

50
Q

What was papyrus made out of?

A

Fibres of papyrus that grew near river Nile in Egypt

51
Q

The second school was ran by…

A

grammaticus

52
Q

What did they learn in the grammaticus?

A

Writing in latin and Greek

53
Q

At what age did they enter the grammaticus ?

A

11

54
Q

The third school was the school of the…

A

Rhetor

55
Q

At what age did a boy attend to the Rhetor?

A

16

56
Q

What did the boys learn in the rhetor?

A

Literature and public speaking

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