Anient Rome Study For Test

Question 1

Why did the romans visit the baths?

Answer 1

To wash themselves, meet people, discuss business and exercise

Question 2

What was the warm bath called

Answer 2

Tepidarium

Question 3

What was the hot bath called

Answer 3

Caldarium

Question 4

What was the cold bath called

Answer 4

The frigidarium

Question 5

How many baths were in Ancient Rome by 300bce

Answer 5

900

Question 6

How many metres were in the arena in chariot racing

Answer 6

500m

Question 7

What were the four teams each called

Answer 7

Red, white, green and blue

Question 8

How many horses pulled a chariot

Answer 8

2,4 or 6 horses

Question 9

What was popular at the races

Answer 9

Gambling

Question 10

What did slaves do to there master at the baths

Answer 10

Rub there masters all over with oil and scrape it off with a strigil (knife) to take away dirt and dead skin

Question 11

When did the villages along the river Tiber join together to form the city of Rome?

Answer 11

753bc

Question 12

How do we know about the Romans

Answer 12

Written sources, buildings, artefacts and Pompeii

Question 13

What happened to Pompeii

Answer 13

Ash from the volcano mount vesuvius in AD79 preserved the town the way it was years ago. Archaeologists have been excavating it since 1748

Question 14

What is a patrician

Answer 14

The wealthy noble families who ruled Rome. They had huge estates and hundredths of slaves. They controlled the Roman government army.

Question 15

Where could physical remains of Roman life be seen

Answer 15

Europe, North Africa and the Middle East

Question 16

What did patrician men and woman wear in Ancient Rome

Answer 16

Men: toga Women:stola

Question 17

Where was a domus house located

Answer 17

Town

Question 18

Where was a villa located

Answer 18

Countryside

Question 19

Who were plebeians

Answer 19

The poor who made up most of the population. They farmed, worked in trades and served in the army

Question 20

What were plebeians given as a payment

Answer 20

A dole payment of free grain

Question 21

What did plebeian men and women wear?

Answer 21

Men: tunic to there knees. Women:plain stola

Question 22

What did most plebeians live in

Answer 22

An insulae

Question 23

What was a kitchen in a Roman house called

Answer 23

Culina

Question 24

What was a bedroom called in Ancient Rome house

Answer 24

Cubiculum

Question 25

What was a office called in Ancient Rome housing

Answer 25

Tablium

Question 26

What was a dining room called in Ancient Rome

Answer 26

Tricinium

Question 27

What was the garden called in Ancient Rome housing

Answer 27

The peristylium

Question 28

What was the pool that collected rainwater called in ancient Roman housings?

Answer 28

The impluvium

Question 29

Who fought in amphitheaters

Answer 29

Gladiators

Question 30

How many people could the colosseum hold?

Answer 30

50,000 spectators

Question 31

What was seating arranged by

Answer 31

Social class. Patrician men were closest to the action.

Question 32

How many people and animals died in the colosseum

Answer 32

400,000 people and 1m animals were killed in the colosseum over 400 years

Question 33

What was the emperor called that lifted on Christianity in AD313

Answer 33

Emperor Constantine

Question 34

What percentage of words today are influenced by Latin?

Answer 34

25%

Question 35

Who introduced the calendar

Answer 35

Julius Caesar in 46bc it divided the year into 365 days and 12 months

Question 36

What did the Romans invent that we use today on buildings

Answer 36

Concrete, arches and columns

Question 37

What is the most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world

Answer 37

The Latin alphabet created by the romans

Question 38

How many Km of roads did the romans build

Answer 38

80,000 km of roads