Warehouses, Bakeries, Thermopolia Flashcards

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What was the most famous Granary in the Ostia?

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Horrea Epagathiana et Epaphroditiana

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What was the purpose of the granaries?

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To house the daily imports that arrived at the port of Ostia

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Who owned the Horrea Epagathiana et Epaphroditiana?

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Epagathus and Epaphroditus

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When was the Horrea Epagathiana et Epaphroditiana built?

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c.145 AD

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Why were bakeries so common in Ancient Rome?

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Most people did not have access to kitchens and people required staples like bread to be made daily in large quantities

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Why were bakeries so easy to identify?

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Large bread ovens with flues to vent off the smoke

Had their own mills

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What were bakery mills equipped with?

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As many as four millstones made of basalt lava driven by donkeys to grind the grain

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How many bakeries were found in Pompeii?

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35

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What is a Thermopolia?

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Place where hot things are sold

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What was the purpose of the Thermopolia/

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Where most Romans got their food, due to the lack of cooking areas in their homes

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Why was a Thermopolia so easy to identify?

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Distinctive masonry counter with deep, circular recesses for dolia (storing food and wine)

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When was Pompeii’s large theatre built?

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2nd Century BC by the Greeks

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How many spectators could the Large theatre initally, and eventually hold?

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3300 spectators and then 5000 spectators

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When did the Romans extend the Large theatre?

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C1st.BC

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What were the three tiers of seating in the Large theatre and who were they for?

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Ima cavea: for the public offcials

Media cavea: well off people

Summa cavea: for the poor

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Why did the steps of the Large Theatre go up like graduation?

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To allow an uninterrupted view of the stage

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Describe the seating of the Large Theatr

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Internal stairways between sections of seating allowed spectators to reach their seats after entering via the orchestra or vaulted corridor

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What was behind the stage of the Large Theatre?

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A quadriporticus (composed of 74 Doric columns)

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What was the purpose of the quadriporticus?

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The audience could walk and converse during the intervals between performances

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What was the quadriporticus converted to after the earthquake in 62AD?

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Gladiator Barracks

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When was the Odeon (small theatre) built?

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Who built the Odeon?

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Two local magistrates

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Desribe the decoration of the Odeon.

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Many multi coloured marble slidings

Had a functional roof to help with aucoustics

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What was the capacity of the Odeon?

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1000-1500 spectators

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What was the capacity of the Amphitheatre in Pompeii?
20,000 spectators
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Where was the Amphitheatre built?
The easternmost part of the city against the city walls
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When was the Amphitheatre built?
80BC
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Why was the Amphitheatre built?
As part of a building project to assert Roman authority in Pompeii and gain support of the citizens
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Who funded the Amphitheatre?
Quinctius Valgus and Marcius Porcious
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Describe the construction of the Amphitheatre
Sunk below ground level Built onto the city walland a secondary ellipitical wall with buttresses and blind arches supporting the structure Arena was elliptical and surrounded by a parapet originally painted with scenes of the hunt and contests
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How was the Amphitheatre's lower seating accessed?
Two narrow barrel vaulted corridors whilst four narrow external, but still inadequate, steps to the upper tiers were narrow and likely congested
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Describe the outerwall of the Amphitheatre?
Held poles for awnings which offered shade to the spectators
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When was construction for the Colosseum started?
70AD
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Who started construction for the Colosseum?
Empero Vespasian
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