Week 1

Question 1

Families:

Paterfamilias

Answer 1

head of Roman family, who held patria protestas; always sui iuris (‘his own master’)

Question 2

Families:

agnati

Answer 2

people who shared common lineage through males to a common ancestor

Question 3

Families:

cognati

Answer 3

people who were related by blood, through males or females

Question 4

Families:

adfines

Answer 4

people who were related by marriage only

Question 5

Families:

patria potestas

Answer 5

power of paterfamilias over his descendants

aka patria aiestas, patirum ius, imperium paternum

Question 6

Families:

dominica potestas

Answer 6

power of paterfamilias over his property and slaves

Question 7

Families

manus

Answer 7

authority of paterfamilias over his wife

Question 8

Families:

emancipatio

Answer 8

process by which sons of paterfamilias become heads of new houses

Question 9

Families:

adrogatio

Answer 9

process of one paterfamilias adopting another paterfamilias

had to be approved by pontifices and comitia curiata

Question 10

Names:

praenomen

Answer 10

first name

Limited number: Aulus (A), Decimus (D), Gaius (C), Gnaeus (CN), Kaeso (K), Lucius (L), Manius (M’), Marcus (M), Publius (P), Qtuintus (Q), Servius (SER), Sextus (SEX), Spurius (S), Tiberius (TI), Titus (T)

Question 11

Names:

nomen

Answer 11

second name, family name

tells what gens (clan) to which a person belongs to

Question 12

Names:

cognomen

Answer 12

third name, makrs branch of family, typically descriptive of some ancestor

Naso = the man with a nose, Capito = the man with a head; Cato = wise, Cincinnatus = curly-haired, Cicero = chickpea, Barbatus = bearded

Question 13

Names:

agnomen

Answer 13

additional cognomina after the third name

sometimes: added after adoption or great achievement

Question 14

Names:

Women’s names

Answer 14

commonly the feminine form of the father’s nomen

Question 15

Marriage:

confarractio

Answer 15

mot traditional marriage ritual, practiced by patricians, 10 witnesses required

Question 16

Marriage:

camillus

Answer 16

the boy who carries utensils in a confarreatio (both parents must be alive)

Question 17

Marriage:

cumerus

Answer 17

small covered basket of utensils carried by a Camillus in the confarreatio

Question 18

Marriage:

Farreum libum

Answer 18

spelt cake offered offered to Jupiter doing confarreatio

Question 19

Marriage:

pronuba

Answer 19

matron who brought the bride and groom together during confarreatio

Question 20

Marriage:

coemptio

Answer 20

**marriage ritual among plebeians, represented a fictitious sale of bride for 1 coin (5 witnesses)

Question 21

**Marriage:

usus

Answer 21

common-law marriage practice among lower class

Question 22

Marriage:

contubernium

Answer 22

marriage practiced among slaves

Question 23

Marriage:

tunica recta

aka tunnica regilla

Answer 23

woman’s wedding dress, fastened by the nodus Herculeanus (knot of Hercules)

Question 24

Marriage:

bulla

Answer 24

donated by a bride to the Lares of her father’s house the nigh before her wedding

Question 25

# Marriage: *flammeum*

Answer 25

bright orange bridal veil | flame colored

Question 26

# Marriage: *vittae*

Answer 26

ribbons which held six locks of carefully braided hair divided by a spear

Question 27

# Marriage: *Quando tu Gaius, ego Gaia* | when/where you are Gaius, I am Gaia

Answer 27

words spoken at wedding ceremony

Question 28

# Marriage: *May*

Answer 28

an unfavorable month for marriages | so is the first half of June

Question 29

# Marriage: *Sonsalia*

Answer 29

a lawfully made promise of future marriage

Question 30

# Marriage: *August 24, October 5, November 8*

Answer 30

unfavorable for marriage because entrace of the underworld is open