Test 2.2 Flashcards
What is are horse tracks around the circus called
Hippodromes
How many laps did chariot races consist of and how many people were on a team
7 laps and 4 people per team
What is a metae
A post on each side of the track where the chariot/horses turned around
What is a spina
Another structure in the middle of the track (also decorated with gods and statues)
Who owned the chariot teams
The patricians
Which class did the chariot drivers usually come from
Low class
What happened in btw the chariot races
Animal fights, human fights, and slaughtering of humans
True or false
A lot of politics were done at Roman circuses
True
What was a problem in Rome
Mass unemployment
What was the most expensive Ludi Romani
The naumachia
Who staged the first naumachia and why
Julius Caesar and to celebrate his victory
What is a naumachia
A fight btw gladiators
Who staged the biggest naumachia and how many people attended
Claudius and 19,000 participants
If you were sentenced to the gladiator games how many years do you have to serve
3 years
Who were the gladiators
Pictured as the bad boys throughout Rome and women in the upper class were attracted to them
True or false
The gladiators were people from Rome
False the were people who were slaves or war or disobedient slaves
What’s the term for a Greek gladiator
Holomachi
What’s the term of a rookie gladiator
Triones
What’s the term of a veteran gladiator
Veterani
What’s the term for a gladiator who volunteered
Auetorati
What’s do the term clonista mean
A gladiator coach and sponsor (also former gladiator)
What’s does the term Charon mean
Roman god of death in the afterlife
What was the coloessum really called and who built it
Flavian amphitheater and by Vespasian
True or false
Did the colloseum have a elevator system under the stadium
True
