Scavenger Flashcards
What percentage of people in Rome were slaves?
20%-30%
How many rooms in a Roman farmhouse?
1 or 2
Why would some Roman’s adopt?
There was no male heir
Nickname for freshman students in the US miltary academies
Plebe
When the Romans wrote stories, what two languages did they use?
Latin and Greek
What color clothing did a woman have to wear before she got married?
White
What color border did senators wear on their toga?
Purple
What are dormice
Eaten as appetizers
Soldiers could not marry and had to serve for how many years?
16
This room was usually missing from a commoner’s house.
Kitchen
Roman children started school at what age?
7
What is Roman numeral M?
1000
Where did politicians give speeches when trying to get elected?
Rostra
Romans sometimes ate the tongues of this animal?
Peacocks and flamingos
Poor farmers usually ate beans and what?
Beans and porridge
Romans built 900 of them in the empire.
Bridges
What is latin for road?
Via
What races were held in a circus arena?
Chariot races
How many wives could a Roman man have at one time?
1
What was the most popular seafood in Rome?
Oysters
Sculptures were so popular that artists would mass produce them. What part of the body though, were they missing?
Heads
What was the main eating utensil?
Spoon
Main drink in Rome?
Wine
About how many hours did the Romans work each day?
Six
For a short time, who raised Romulus and his twin brother Remus?
Wolf and sheep
This city was a resort area in ancient Rome.
Pompeii
Who got the best seats in the colosseum?
Senators
What is a culina?
Kitchen
They were long channels used to carry water into the city.
Aqueducts
Why was there a standard for weight and measurement in the forum
Keep from cheating
Why did children wear a bulla
To protect them from evil spirits
What was a stola?
A traditional form of clothing worn by women
What was the name given to the west exit of the colosseum?
The gate of death
Sometimes Romans would get clean by pouring this on their bodies and scraping it off?
Oil
Some had libraries, food courts, gardens and reading rooms.
Bath
The king of all Roman gods.
Jupiter
