Romans Flashcards
When was Rome the most magnificent and largest city in the world?
2000 years ago
What river was Rome founded beside?
The river Tibre
What were the name of the group of farmers who founded Rome?
Latins, people of the wide valley.
What is the legend about the founder of Rome?
Romulas and Remus
What did Rome rapidly become?
Rome rapidly became a rich, beautiful and exciting city
What did Rome hold?
Rome held markets, violent games, excitement for all.
What was Rome. ( in relation to the Empire)
It was the centre of the Empire
2000 years ago the Romans were the most what people in the world?
Powerful
What did people do at the Roman Forum?
Crowds of people shopped,talked, went about their business in this market area.
Could you use carts in a Roman forum.
No you could not
What stopped you from bringing carts into the Roman Forum?
A special law stopped you from bringing carts into the Roman Forum. Thus avoiding any interruptions.
Huge statues of who stood around the forum?
Emperors, army generals & famous romans dotted around the forums
What temples were around the forums?
Temples to Jupiter, Apollo, and other friendly gods
What other buildings were around the Roman forum?
Law court, exchange building, town hall.
Was the Roman forum important?
Yes the forum was very important
What was a forum?
It was a market place
Did many people live near/around the forum?
Yes
What did Rome quickly grow to be?
It quickly grew in size and importance
Where were new buildings and roads added?
Outside city walls and across the 7 hills of Rome.
Beautiful parks and what were established in the developing city?
Gardens
Why were aqueducts built?
Aqueducts were built to provide the city with a fresh water supply.
Why were sewers built?
They were built to transport the city’s waste
The were the 3 main Roman pastimes?
Visiting the baths, the games and the races
What were one of the most important buildings in a Roman town?
The baths
What did people go to the baths to do?
They went there to keep clean, exercise and meet friends.
How many temperatures did the baths have?
3
What was the name of the hot room?
Caldarium
What was the Latin name of the warm room?
Tepidarium
What was the Latin name for the cold room?
Fridgidarium
How were the hot rooms heated?
They were heated by using an underfloor heating system
Were soaps used in the baths?
No
How did the romans clean themselves?
They used sigils to scrape the dirt of their body’s
What did the romans do after they were clean?
They rubbed their body’s in scented oils
What was circus Maximus?
It was a hippodrome.
What was the width of circus Maximus?
It was 200m wide
How long was circus Maximus?
It was 600m long
How many people could circus Maximus seat?
250,000 people
What was the site of chariot riding?
Circus Maximus
Chariots were pulled by up to how many horses?
4
What speed did the chariot riders turn corners at?
45km/hr
Was racing popular?
Yes
We’re bets placed on the chariot racers?
Yes
Where were games held?
They were held at an amphitheater
What was the most famous amphitheater?
The colosseum was the most famous amphitheater, it holds up to 50,000 people
What did gladiators fight?
They fought wild animals and they sometimes fought themselves
Were all of the gladiators professionally trained?
No, only some were.
Did any fights end in death?
Most fights ended in death
What power did the crowd have?
The crowd had the power of life and death
How could the crowd use their power?
They used it by giving a thumbs up if they wanted him alive or a thumbs down if they wanted him dead.
What was the Latin name for a rich person?
Patrician
What did the rich do?
Some of the rich helped to rule the empire while others were generals in the Roman Army.
What did money bring?
Money brought responsibility and power
What did wealthy romans live in?
Romans lived in splendour and luxury.
Where did the wealthy romans live during the summer?
They lived in fine town houses or in villas in the county during the summer
What did the Romans love, in relation to their houses?
Open spaces, beauty and colour
What did their houses have?
They had walls, ceilings and floors that were highly decorated with murals and mosaics
Many wealthy citizens often had statues of who in their house?
Statues of Roman gods and emperors to pray to in their houses
Who did they pray to?
Their ancestors, apollo, Venus, Jupiter and many other gods
Who has the biggest influence on the Roman art?
The Greeks
What did rich people wear?
They wore wool or linen tunic. It had short sleeves, reached to the knees and was mainly worn indoors with sandals.
What would rich romans wear outdoors?
They wore a wool or linen tunic that had short sleeves and reached down to the knees with a toga over it and boots
What did rich Roman women wear?
They wore a palla with makeup and perfume
Who served rich romans their food?
Their slaves
Were the rich romans table manners very good?
No they didn’t have very good table manners. They used knives and forks but we’re still very messy eaters
What did rich people drunk with their dinner?
Wine
Where were rich romans fed?
They were fed on reclining couches
What was the voimitorium? Who had to work there ?
It was the sick room, some slaves had to work their way
What food did rich people have plenty of?
Fish, meat, fruit and vegetables
List 5 examples of a rich Roman meal
- Whole lobster with asparagus
- Goose liver
- Truffle and mushroom
- Spring chicken
- Snails and olive oil with white wine sauce.
What was a slave, in relation to their master? How could they come to be that
They were a piece of property, they could have been captured during a war or a a battle
Wealthy people generally had how many slaves?
They generally had one or two slaves
How many slaves did the Emeror have?
He had over 20,000 slaves
Where did most poor romans live ?
They lived in a single room in a block of flats
What did families do in that flat?
They cooked, ate, slept, and lived in the one room
What was an ever present threat for a poor persons room?
Fire
What were the streets below the apartments like?
The streets were muddy, dirty & unhygienic
Did the apartments improve?
Over time they did improve, they became bigger and better as ideas improved
What was the biggest flaw of the flats that the poor lived in?
They were cold and damp in the winter and hot and stuffy in the summer
At one stage what did the romans rule over?
They ruled over most of Europe
Where can remainders of Roman ruins be found?
They can still be found over many European countries.
Who followed the Roman army? And what did they do?
Builders and engineers followed behind the soldiers, who designed and constructed towns, roads , bridges, temples and forts
The foreign lands that the romans ruled was called ‘ the Empire’. What did it cover?
It stretched from the south of Scotland to Egypt
