Colosseum and Gladiators

Question 1

tesserae

Answer 1

tickets shown to the gatekeepers

Question 2

apparitores

Answer 2

gatekeepers who were shown the tickets

Question 3

pulvinar

Answer 3

imperial seat of honor where emperor would sit

Question 4

gladiators’ salutation of the emperor

Answer 4

gladiators would parade and stop before pulvinar then say: “Hail, Emperor, those about to die salute you”
“avē, imperātor, moritūrī tē salūtant”

Question 5

tubicines

Answer 5

trumpet players that played after salutation to emperor

Question 6

cornicines

Answer 6

horn players that played after salutation to emperor

Question 7

lanistae

Answer 7

trainers that urged on the gladiators that fought

Question 8

meridiani

Answer 8

midday fighters who fought savagely and were usually condemned criminals

Question 9

murmillo

Answer 9

fish man, wore a helmet with a fish emblem on it, armed with sword and large shield

Question 10

retiarius

Answer 10

net man, unarmed but had great net and sharp trident

Question 11

bestiae

Answer 11

animals that were used for special fighters (not gladiators) to fight in wild-beast hunts

Question 12

bestiarius

Answer 12

special fighters that fought in wild beast hunts, fought against lions, tigers, bears, bulls, hippopotami, elephants, crocodiles, deer, pigs, ostriches

Question 13

naumachia

Answer 13

mock sea battle held on old artificial lake

Question 14

venatio

Answer 14

wild-beast hunt in which 5000 animals of different kinds died in a single day