Things Before Xmas Exam Flashcards
Who founded Rome
Romulus and Remus
When was Rome founded
753BC
When did Rome become a republic
509BC
When did Rome collapse
31BC
What areas did Rome control
West Europe, Mediterranean until 476AD
What were the rich people called
Patricians.
What did the patricians rule
Government and army.
What did men wear
Togas
What did women wear
Stolas.
What town did patricians live in
Domus
What is the system of government called
Senate.
What is a courtyard called in a patricians house
Atrium .
What is a pool in a patricians house called
Impluvium
What is a kitchen in a patricians house called
Culina
What is a shrine of family and gods called in a patricians house
Lararium
What is a bedroom called in a patricians house
Cubiculum
What is a dining room called in a patricians house
Triclinium
What is a walled garden called in a patricians house
Peristylium
What is a title pattern called
Mosaic .
What did plebeians do
- Worked in trades
- Received dole from patricians, so patricians support them.
What did they wear
Tunic to the knees
Where did plebeians live
Apartment called insulae.
Describe a plebeian insula
Top is made from wood, so it is risky for fires.
The top is the most crowded areas, families usually slept in one room.
Bottom usually have markets.
What is a take away shop called in Ancient Rome
Thermopolia
What did poorer families eat
Bread, wheat biscuits.
How many slaves did Roman approximately have
300,000
How did they become slaves
Any prisoner became slaves
They might be caught by pirates
Where are some temples located in their houses
Forum
Name 2 gods
Venus, goddess of love
Jupiter, father of gods.
What age did some girls and boys attend to school ?
They attended to a ludus, where they learnt reading writing and arithmetic.
They attended from. 7-12
What did the richest children have
Their own slaves oohh 🫨☝️
What did the teachers and students not have in school?
Desks
What did the children have to read from
No books, they read from papyrus scrolls. They write on wax coated wooden boards.
What is a grammaticus
History, grammar, and geometry, Greek and Roman writers.📑
How much people can the colosseum hold
About 50,000
What were formal soldiers called
Gladiators.
What is a retiarius
Trident and net,
What is a murmillo
Shield and sword.🗡️
What is the warm temperature in Roman baths called
Caldarium
What is the cold temperature in Roman baths
Frigidarium
What is the hot Roman baths called
Tepidarium
What is a palaestra
Exercise yard.
When did women usually get married at Roman times
12-15
What is it called when you give money to a new husband in Roman times
Dowry
What is oratory
The art of public speaking taught by a rhetor.
What is it called back in Ancient Rome when you have the main meal
Cena.
Name one thing the romans liked to do for leisure
Playing board games.
