Ancient Rome

Question 1

Name the 3 types of people of Ancient Rome

Answer 1

Patricians, plebeians & slaves

Question 2

What was a patrician?

Answer 2

Patricians were wealthy noble families who ruled Rome.

Question 3

What did a patrician man wear?

Answer 3

A Toga

Question 4

What did a patrician woman wear?

Answer 4

A stola

Question 5

What was a patrician’s house called

Answer 5

A domus (villa if it was in the countryside)

Question 6

What did a plebeian man wear?

Answer 6

A Tunic

Question 7

What was a Plebeian?

Answer 7

Plebeians were the poor people in Ancient Rome

Question 8

What did a plebeian woman wear?

Answer 8

A plain Stola

Question 9

What was a Dole

Answer 9

A Payment of free grain given to plebeians

Question 10

Where did a plebeian live?

Answer 10

An Insulae

Question 11

Describe an Insuale

Answer 11

• the higher the apartment, the smaller it was
• there was no running water
• rubbish was thrown onto the streets
• there was a constant danger of fire (made of wood)

Question 12

Where did slaves come from?

Answer 12

• prisoners of wars
• children of slaves
• parents in debt sold their own children into slavery
• people captured by pirates or bandits

Question 13

When did Roman girls usually get married

Answer 13

By the age of 14 - 15

Question 14

What was manumission?

Answer 14

When Slaves were given freedom after many years of service to their master

Question 15

Why were slaves sometimes branded?

Answer 15

If a Slave were to run away, it would have been branded with his master’s initials so he would be easily recognized

Question 16

What is a mosaic?

Answer 16

Pictures made from snap pieces of tile, stone or glass

Question 17

What was a conferratio?

Answer 17

A roman wedding ceremony

Question 18

What was oratory?

Answer 18

The art of public speaking

Question 19

What was religion like in Ancient Rome?

Answer 19

• very important
• worshipped many gods

Question 20

How many different stages did a wealthy roman’s education have? Explain the different stages.

Answer 20

• boys
• 3 different stages
• 7-12 learnt reading, writing & arithmetic
• 12-16 learnt history, grammar, geometry & literature
• 16 learnt oratory

Question 21

Did plebeian children get education? If so, what was it?

Answer 21

They received a basic education at home and then began working with their parents.

Question 22

Name 2 things Roman schools used for learning.

Answer 22

• abacus (arithmetic)
• wax tablet & wooden stylus (writing - tablet could be melted down and reused)

Question 23

Why was Rome able to create such a large empire?

Answer 23

By having a powerful army

Question 24

What was a Roman Army divided into?

Answer 24

Legions (group of about 5,000 soldiers called legionnaires.

Question 25

What were legions divided into?

Answer 25

Centuries (groups of 100 men, led by a centurion.

Question 26

In Roman society, a woman’s place was in a ____

Answer 26

Home(under the control of her husband)

Question 27

Name an achievement your ancient civilisation has achieved

Answer 27

- The colleseum - the via Apia - roman concrete

Question 28

What was a republic

Answer 28

Where the wealthy elite ruled the city through the senate

Question 29

Citizens

Answer 29

People who had rights under Roman law

Question 30

Forum

Answer 30

A large town square that was the centre of business, political activity and religious worship

Question 31

Amphitheatre

Answer 31

Where gladiatorial games were held

Question 32

Gladiator

Answer 32

Slaves who fought in amphitheatres for the entertainment of the crowd

Question 33

Polytheists

Answer 33

People who believed in many gods

Question 34

Monotheists

Answer 34

People who believe in only one god

Question 35

What was the lararium

Answer 35

Where Romans prayed

Question 36

What was the culina

Answer 36

Where slaves cooked food for the patricians

Question 37

What was the triclinium

Answer 37

Where patricians ate

Question 38

What was the impluvium

Answer 38

A place where it was designed for rainwater to fall into

Question 39

What was the tablinum

Answer 39

The office (where the dad did business)

Question 40

What was the cubiculum

Answer 40

The bedroom

Question 41

What was the atrium

Answer 41

A central courtyard

Question 42

What was the forum

Answer 42

The place where Romans held public meetings and debates