Definitions

Question 1

Paterfamilias

Answer 1

father of the household

Question 2

Pietas

Answer 2

Duty & Loyalty to family & state

Question 3

Familia

Answer 3

members of the household who were under the
legal power of the paterfamilias

Question 4

Sine manu

Answer 4

the woman remains under the legal authority of her father

Question 5

Cum manu

Answer 5

the woman is under the legal authority of her husband

Question 6

Toga praetexta

Answer 6

White toga with purple stripe near the border

• Freeborn boys before they came of age
• senators
• and some priesthoods

Question 7

Praenomen

Answer 7

Given name

Question 8

Nomen

Answer 8

Clan name

Question 9

Cognomen

Answer 9

Family name within a clan

Question 10

Concordia

Answer 10

harmony

Question 11

Pilleus

Answer 11

Hat worn by freedmen on certain occasions (such as the funerals of their former masters)
* Associated with the goddess Libertas (Liberty & Personal Freedom)

Question 12

Honestiores

Answer 12

more honourable (wealthy)

Question 13

Humiliores

Answer 13

more humble (poor)

Question 14

Triclinium

Answer 14

Dining Room

Question 15

Atrium

Answer 15

central room of the house that was visible from the street and had a roof that sloped inward with a rectangular opening that allowed light and water to enter.

Question 16

Cubiculum

Answer 16

Bedroom
Private room where pople may have slept.

Question 17

Gladius

Answer 17

Short sword

Question 18

Gladiatrix

Answer 18

Female Gladiators

Question 19

Venationes

Answer 19

Displays and hunts of wild beasts in the morning

Question 20

Lanista

Answer 20

Head of a troupe of gladiators

Question 21

Ludi

Answer 21

Public games in the circus or theatrical shows

Question 22

Factiones

Answer 22

Chariot drivers and horses part of racing syndicates (teams)
– Red, White, Blue, Green

Question 23

Via Appia

Answer 23

First major Roman road
– Named after the censor (who also built aqueducts) when it was constructed in 312 BCE

Question 24

Ara Pacis

Answer 24

Alter located in the Field of Mars, symbolizing an end to the civil war

Reminder of Augustus’ victory over Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BCE

Question 25

Insula

Answer 25

Roman Apartments

Question 26

Haruspices

Answer 26

* Specific type of Pontiffs * ”Diviners” * Main task was to interpret signs in the entrails of sacrificed animals

Question 27

Auspicia

Answer 27

Augurs: responsible for making known the will of the gods through the interpretation of various signs – Auspicia

Question 28

Cultum deorum

Answer 28

The care of the gods was done through sacrifice

Question 29

Sacrificum

Answer 29

to make (facere) holy (sacer) - sacrifice

Question 30

Pontifex Maximus

Answer 30

Leader of Pontifs * In the 3rd c. BCE, the pontifex maximus was elected from the pool of existing pontiffs * The Emperor served as Pontifex Maximus in the Imperial Period (Augustus).

Question 31

Hypogeum

Answer 31

Underground series of chambers of Flavian Amphitheatre

Question 32

Cena

Answer 32

Evening main meal Cena was the most important meal of the day and the meal to which one would invite guests

Question 33

Pomerium

Answer 33

Sacred boundary around the city Romulus also said to have laid out the sacred boundary around the city (the pomerium), built the first temple, and established some of the most important festivals

Question 34

Lares

Answer 34

Protective gods of place – Connected to the home, the neighbourhood, the city - Represented as youthful, dancing male figures

Question 35

Caldarium

Answer 35

hot room (hot water) - Part of a Bath Complex

Question 36

Frigidarium

Answer 36

cold room (cold water) - Part of a Bath Complex