States Questions—Novice Flashcards
In what modern country were the Roman cities of Limonum Pictonum, Nemausus, Lugdunum, Massilia. and Lutetia?
FRANCE
B1: What is the modern name of Lugdunum?
LYONS
B2: What modern French city would the Romans have called Arausio?
ORANGE
At what event in ancient Rome would the dator ludōrum drop a mappa to signify the start?
CHARIOT RACE
B1: What were the starting gates in a Roman circus called?
CARCARĒS
B2: What was the name of the dividing wall around which the chariots raced?
SPINA
What modern country would the Romans have called Hispania?
SPAIN
B1: What modern country would the Romans have called Lusitania?
PORTUGAL
B2: What modern country was at times in Roman history called Achaea?
GREECE
Where in Rome would you hear neniae being recited by praeficae wearing togae pullae?
AT A FUNERAL
B1: What were neniae?
FUNERAL DIRGES
B2: What term was given to large underground tombs with niches for urns?
COLUMBARIA
Which aqueduct in Rome, built in 312 BC, passed from the Apennines through the Caelian and Aventine Hills, emptied near the Forum Boarium, and was the first Roman aqueduct?
AQUA APPIA
B1: What aqueduct, which was completed in 140 BC, was the longest of the aqueducts servicing Rome?
AQUA MARCIA
B2: Which aqueduct, completed in 52 AD did Nero divert water from to create the lake for his Domus Aurea?
AQUA CLAUDIA
The making of what item that you would find at a Roman dinner party is described here “the intestines of fish are thrown into a vessel, and are salted; and small fish…are all salted in the same manner; and they are seasoned in the sun and frequently turned.”
GARUM/LIQUAMEN
B1: What sort of animals were fattened up in gliraria, before being roasted and dipped in honey?
DORMICE
B2: What sort of drink would you get by mixing honey and wine?
MULSUM
What Latin word could be used to classify albata, russata, prasina, and veneta, which were the four original chariot-racing companies in Rome?
FACTIONĒS
B1: In a Romam circus, what shapes did the lap counters take?
EGG(S) & DOLPHIN(S)
B2: How many laps did a typical chariot race have?
SEVEN
Memphis, Thebae, Antinopolis, and Alexandria were all cities in what Roman province?
EGYPT/AEGYPTUS
B1: Tripolis, Damascus, Palmyra, and Antioch were all cities in what Roman province?
SYRIA
B2: In what modern country would you find Toletum, Gades, Bilbilis, and Carthago Nova?
SPAIN
Which of the Roman baths, built in the southern part of the city in the early 3rd century A.D., were considered to be the most splendid?
BATHS OF CARACALLA
B1: Which of the baths, built in the northern part of the city in the early 4th century A.D., were the largest?
BATHS OF DIOCLETIAN
B2: Name one other Roman who built a bath complex in Rome?
AGRIPPA / TITUS / TRAJAN / DECIUS
Who in ancient Rome would wear a tunica recta and a flammeum?
A BRIDE
B1: What was a flammeum?
A VEIL
B2: What color was the flammeum?
SAFFRON / ORANGE / RED(ISH)
What are all of the following items associated with: nodus herculaneus, dos, flammeum, tunica recta?
BRIDE / WEDDINGS / MARRIAGE / CONFARREATIO
B1: Prior to her marriage, into how many braids would a bride’s hair have been parted by a spear known as the hasta caelibaris?
SIX
B2: What was the term for the person who would bring the bride and groom together by their right hands, a ceremony known as the dextrarum iunctio?
PRONUBA
What river served as the border between Cisalpine Gaul and Italy?
RUBICON
B1: What is the ancient name for the modern Po River?
PADUS
B2: What river was called Ister or Danuvius by the Romans?
DANUBE
Which of the following was on the Capitoline Hill: Mausoleum of Augustus, Casa Romuli, Temple of Juno Moneta, Pantheon?
TEMPLE OF JUNO MONETA
B1: Where in Rome were the Mausoleum of Augustus and the Ara Pacis?
CAMPUS MARTIUS
B2: On what hill was the Casa Romuli?
PALATINE
At what event would you see imagines processed through the street followed by torch bearers, hear neniae, and see praeficae?
FUNERALS
B1: What was the Latin term for the organizer of the procession, what we would call an undertaker?
DESIGNATOR
B2: In terms of a funeral what was the process of conclamatio?
ELDEST SON SHAKES THE BODY AND SHOUTS THE DEAD MAN’S NAME
What Latin term was given to the custom of clients going to a patron’s house in the morning to greet them?
SALUTATIO
B1: What Latin term was given to the custom of an eldest son calling his father’s name and shaking the body at a funeral?
CONCLAMATIO
B2: What was the purpose of lustratio?
PURIFICATION/NAMING A CHILD
Who in Rome wore caligae?
SOLDIERS
B1: What term was used for indoor slippers worn by wealthy Romans?
SOLEAE
B2: What was the term given to leather shoes for outdoor wear?
CALCEI
What garment was worn by candidates seeking political office?
TOGA CANDIDA
B1: What toga was worn by magistrates, such as the consul?
TOGA PRAETEXTA
B2: What toga was worn by victorious generals?
TOGA PICTA
What term was given to the priests in charge of the worship of Mars and Quirinus who incorporated dancing or jumping into their rituals?
SALII
B1: What priests interpreted the flights of birds to figure out the will of the gods?
AUGURS
B2: What priests used the entrails of animals, particularly livers to determine the will of the gods?
HARUSPEX/HARUSPICES
Which of these provinces was furthest east: Achaea, Dalmatia, Cyprus, Narbonensis, Asia?
CYPRUS
B1: Which of the listed provinces was located in modern France?
NARBONENSIS
B2: Which of the listed provinces is located in modern Turkey?
ASIA
Where would you see a libum farreum, a flammeum, and a nodus herculaneus?
AT A WEDDING
B1: What term was given to the matron of honor?
PRONUBA
B2: What was the term used for the bride’s wedding dress?
TUNICA RECTA
