The Romans

Question 0

Domus

Answer 0

A villa in a town

Question 1

Villa

Answer 1

A rich Roman’s house.

Question 2

Atrium

Answer 2

A hall open to the sky in a villa

Question 3

Peristyle

Answer 3

A walled garden around the atrium

Question 4

Mosaic

Answer 4

Pictures or designs made from tiny pieces of glass or tiles

Question 5

Mural

Answer 5

A bright painting on a wall

Question 6

Insulae

Answer 6

Wooden blocks of flats 4 or 5 stories high that poor Romans lived in

Question 7

Oratory

Answer 7

The art of public speaking

Question 8

Cena

Answer 8

The main meal Romans had in the evening

Question 9

Dole

Answer 9

Handouts of bread from the government

Question 10

Toga

Answer 10

A sheet draped in graceful folds around the body

Question 11

Stola

Answer 11

A long woollen tunic

Question 12

Lares

Answer 12

A shrine Romans had to household gods

Question 13

Treason

Answer 13

Betraying your country

Question 14

Catacombs

Answer 14

Underground graveyards where the dead were buried

Question 15

Urn

Answer 15

Jars that cremated bodies were put in

Question 16

Caldarium

Answer 16

A hot room

Question 17

Fridgidarium

Answer 17

A cold room with a refreshingly cool pool

Question 18

Gladiator

Answer 18

Slaves who fought each other or animals for the entertainment of the crowd

Question 19

Barbarian

Answer 19

Warlike tribes that could not write and did not live in cities