traveling and road building

Question 1

– lectīca with 2 mules instead of carriers

Answer 1

basterna

Question 2

four-wheeled, two-horsed cart

Answer 2

pīlentum

Question 3

cart for vestals and preists

Answer 3

pīlentum

Question 4

cart used for baggage, slaves, and also to carry spoils in triumph

Answer 4

petōritum

Question 5

luxurious traveling cart

Answer 5

carrūca

Question 6

what did a carrūca include

Answer 6

bed

Question 7

large and heavy, four-wheeled cart with either two or four horses

Answer 7

raeda

Question 8

quick, light, two-wheeled, two-horsed, uncovered cart

Answer 8

cisium

Question 9

the construction of the road

Answer 9

viae mūnītiō

Question 10

list the 6 steps of road building

Answer 10

1. fossa was cut
2. leveled earth
3. statumen
4. rudus
5. nucleus
6. dorsum

Question 11

a layer of palm-sized rocks

Answer 11

statūmen

Question 12

nine-inch layer of coarse concrete, rubble, broken stones and lime

Answer 12

rūdus

Question 13

six-inch layer of fine concrete, broken pottery shards and lime

Answer 13

nucleus

Question 14

layer of blocks of lava and hard stones

Answer 14

dorsum

Question 15

the mound on either side of the road

Answer 15

agger (viae)

Question 16

footpaths or sidewalks

Answer 16

sēmitae/marginēs

Question 17

gravel that would replace stones on cheap roads

Answer 17

glārea

Question 18

private stopping places along a road

Answer 18

dēversōria