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Roman Life Flashcards

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1
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Forum

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A rectangle or oblong used normally for all business

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Pedestals of statues

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There were notice boards fixed at the bottom of the statues

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Graffiti

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Lots of things written on the boards, sometimes news or jokes or normal comments

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Temple of Jupiter

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It is at the north of the forum and the steps are useful for speeches

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Temple of Apollo

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As it was Greek they built a wall around it so that you couldn’t pass

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Guildhall of cloth trade

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It was built by a woman and it was very big

Used urine to clean the clothes

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Basilica

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A kind of hall and it was used as a law court or as a meeting place
Oblong shape

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8
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How many gates

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8

Vesuvius gate, Capua gate, Nola gate, Gate to river Sarno, Nuceria gate, Stabiae gate, Sea gate, Herculanium gate

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Porta Marina

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2 arches
One with steps for pedestrians
The other on with a ramp for vehicles and animals

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Campania

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The area around the bay of Naples / Vesuvius

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Stepping- stones

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  1. The pavement was high

2. The roads were dirty so to keep clear of the rubbish and rain water that collected in the roadway

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Goat sign

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A dairy shop

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Aqueduct

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A building used to transport water

Water went to public baths, public fountains or sometimes to houses of very rich people

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Fountains

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They were added later and that is why they are in the middle of the road an of the pavement

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Big Theatre

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It had no roof(open air) and they normally did plays there

5000 people

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Small theatre (Odeon)

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Had a roof and was used for poetry and concerts

1000 people

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Palaestra

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Open air gimnasium

18
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Amphitheatre

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Has an oval shape with sand in the middle

20,000 people

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Tri-clinium

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Where they ate or had dinner, 9 people and 3 rows ✖️ 3 couches, people leaned to eat

20
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Cena

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(Cena) last meal of the day (dinner) which they normally had before sunset

21
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Clientes

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Ex-slaves who are body guards and they help Caecilius in his meetings (escort in public) and get paid a little bit

22
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Toga

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Large piece of cloth, very heavy and you need help to put it on, normally white

23
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Túnica

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Tunic, basic unit in clothing

24
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Stola

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What lady would wear

Purple would be very expensive

25
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Bay of Naples

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Pompeii and Vesuvius are around it

26
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Wooden tablets covered with wax

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To write

27
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Impluvium

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You find it in the middle of the atrium and it is in the floor and it is used to collect the water when it rains (Compluvium)

28
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Atrium

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It is a big room at the entrance sometimes used to welcome their not so close friends

29
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No steps to stage

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The judges got up by wooden steps that you could take and it was for protection

30
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Hortus

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Garden, if it had columns around it it was the perystilium

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Tablinum

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The study, find it in the middle, there were small corridor at the sides of it so that you could pass without disturbing

32
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Wood in Pompeii

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Disappeared

33
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Wood in Herculanium

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?

34
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Garden of house of Vetti

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They have restored the garden, one of the best preserved houses

35
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Ianua

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Front door

36
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Lararium

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Where you prayed to the gods (lares)

37
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Favourite colours

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Red, blue, orange or yellow

38
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Lucius Caecilius Iucundus

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Banker

39
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Perystilium

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A garden with columns outside (colonnade)

40
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Culina

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Kitchen

41
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Wood in Herculanium

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There wasn’t enough oxygen to get rid of the wood so it turned into charcoal

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