Customs: Roman Entertainment

Question 1

What were factiones?

Answer 1

Racing companies

Question 2

Which racing company was russata?

Answer 2

red

Question 3

lanista

Answer 3

gladiator trainer

Question 4

venationes

Answer 4

beast hunts

Question 5

What type of gladiator was a essedarius?

Answer 5

fought from a chariot

Question 6

What type of gladiator was a laqueator/laquearius?

Answer 6

fought with a lasso

Question 7

tesserae (Games)

Answer 7

dice

Question 8

What numbers were on the sides of the tesserae?

Answer 8

1, 3, 4, 6

Question 9

What type of gladiator was an andabata?

Answer 9

fought blindfolded

Question 10

tali

Answer 10

knucklebones used as jacks

Question 11

What type of gladiator was a dimachaerus?

Answer 11

fought with two daggers

Question 12

porta Libitinensis

Answer 12

gate for dead gladiators to be carried through

Question 13

What type of gladiator was a murmillo?

Answer 13

had a fish-crested helmet

Question 14

What was the best dice throw called?

Answer 14

Venus

Question 15

What type of gladiator had a long shield called a scutum and a short sword?

Answer 15

Samnite

Question 16

duodecim scripta

Answer 16

backgammon

Question 17

prolusio

Answer 17

fake battle with blunt weapons that began the show

Question 18

Which racing company was veneta?

Answer 18

blue

Question 19

What type of gladiator had a short shield called a parma and greaves on both legs?

Answer 19

Thrax (Thracian)

Question 20

carceres

Answer 20

starting gates of the Roman Circus

Question 21

trigon

Answer 21

three person catch with two folles (balls)

Question 22

fritillus

Answer 22

dicebox

Question 23

Which racing company was albata?

Answer 23

white

Question 24

How many sides did tesserae (dice) have?

Answer 24

4

Question 25

**missus**

Answer 25

full seven lap around the circus

Question 26

If your four dice read 4, 4, 4, and 4, what kind of throw was that?

Answer 26

Vulture

Question 27

Which two racing companies did Domitian add?

Answer 27

purple (**purpurea**) & gold (**aurum**)

Question 28

Which racing company was **prasina**?

Answer 28

green

Question 29

Before Domitian added two more, how many **factiones** (racing companies) were there?

Answer 29

4

Question 30

What Samnite gladiator would often fight against **retiarii**?

Answer 30

**secutor**

Question 31

What was a **tiro**?

Answer 31

Rookie gladiator

Question 32

What was the lowest throw called?

Answer 32

Vulture

Question 33

**follis**

Answer 33

ball filled with hair, feather, or air to play **trigon** (catch)

Question 34

If your four dice read 6, 4, 3, and 1, what kind of throw was that?

Answer 34

Venus

Question 35

**curriculum**

Answer 35

one lap around the circus

Question 36

**ludi scaenici**

Answer 36

dramatic performances in a theater

Question 37

**spina**

Answer 37

the dividing wall of a race track

Question 38

**latrunculi**

Answer 38

chess

Question 39

**rudis**

Answer 39

wooden training sword for gladiators

Question 40

What type of gladiator was a **bestiarius**?

Answer 40

fought wild animals

Question 41

**naumachiae**

Answer 41

mock naval battles

Question 42

**scaena**

Answer 42

stage

Question 43

**meta**

Answer 43

turning post

Question 44

The Romans would use marble statues of what two things to count laps?

Answer 44

**ova et delphini** (eggs & dolphins)

Question 45

In what year was the Colosseum opened?

Answer 45

80 AD

Question 46

What heavily armored Samnite gladiator would often fought against the Thracians?

Answer 46

**hoplomachus**

Question 47

What type of gladiator was a **retiarius**?

Answer 47

fought with a net and trident

Question 48

**auriga**

Answer 48

charioteer

Question 49

What structure in Rome is known as the Flavian Amphitheater?

Answer 49

Colosseum