Pompeii + Herculaneum

Question 1

Aediles

Answer 1

Magistrates responsible for maintaining public buildings and spaces

Question 2

Amphitheater

Answer 2

An oval shaped building providing seating, entertainment venue

Question 3

Amphora

Answer 3

A clay vessel for liquids - two handles storage jar (oval body tapering to a point at the bottom)

Question 4

Atrium

Answer 4

Open space, central public space of Roman house and centre of religious and social activity

Question 5

Basicilia

Answer 5

A multi-purpose building mainly used for politicians as a justice building

Question 6

Bay of Naples

Answer 6

The bat on which the cities of Vesuvius are located. A rich body of water teeming with sea life

Question 7

Caldarium

Answer 7

A hot bath room with a rectangular heated bath

Question 8

Campania

Answer 8

The region in which the cities of Vesuvius are located (Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabaie, Misenum, Oplontis, etc)

Question 9

Capitolium

Answer 9

Temple of Jupiter - dedicated to Jupiter, Minerva, Junk, state religion

Question 10

Caupona

Answer 10

A bar, tavern, inn

Question 11

Castellum

Answer 11

Main water tank

Question 12

Client

Answer 12

A subservient in a relationship who has a patron for protection and guidance

Question 13

Compluvium

Answer 13

Square cut hole on the roof of a private house within the atrium to provide light, air, water

Question 14

Consul

Answer 14

One of two annually elected chief magistrates in the Roman political system

Question 15

Curia

Answer 15

A town council

Question 16

Solis

Answer 16

Terracotta pots in thermopolia contained drinks

Question 17

Dominus

Answer 17

Master, head of the domus

Question 18

Domus

Answer 18

Roman household

Question 19

Doric Column

Answer 19

A type of Ancient Greek column featuring a smooth or fluted column and a smooth, round capital

Question 20

Duumvir

Answer 20

Men elected to supervise a town

Question 21

Familia

Answer 21

Roman family that lived in the household including the slaves

Question 22

Forum

Answer 22

A public Roman space with building used for town gathering, official religion and trade

Question 23

Fresco

Answer 23

Painting done on a plaster wall, while pasta is still wet

Question 24

Fullonica

Answer 24

Cleaning and production of cloth for clothing, laundry

Question 25

Frigidarium

Answer 25

A room with a circular cold bath

Question 26

Gary’s

Answer 26

A rich fish sauce, made from fermented fish

Question 27

Genius

Answer 27

God of the male line of descent, the family spirits

Question 28

Hellenistic

Answer 28

Relations to Greek and Mediterranean history

Question 29

Hypocrisy

Answer 29

An ancient Roman heating system whereby air heated by furnaces was directed into hollow spaces beneath the floors of buildings

Question 30

Greave

Answer 30

Amour won to protect the lower leg

Question 31

Impluvium

Answer 31

The shallow pool which collected rain water under the compluvium

Question 32

Insula

Answer 32

A block of buildings

Question 33

Lararium

Answer 33

The shrine to the lares (household gods)

Question 34

Peristyle

Answer 34

A row of columns enclosing a court or other space, or the pave surrounded by these columns

Question 35

Guilds

Answer 35

Associations of craftsmen or merchants

Question 36

Libertus

Answer 36

A former slave who has gained freedom

Question 37

Plinian Flow

Answer 37

A dense, hot, dry avalanche of ground-hugging molten rock, Pumice and gas that moves more slowly than a surge, reaching up to 50km per hour

Question 38

Pyroclastic Flow

Answer 38

A low-density turbulent cloud of hot ash and rock that billows over the ground travelling at incredibly high speeds of up to 300km per hour

Question 39

Lares

Answer 39

Household deities

Question 40

Macellum

Answer 40

Large, covered meat and fish market in the Forum

Question 41

Mosaic

Answer 41

A pattern made with a small square coloured stones or glass

Question 42

Odeon

Answer 42

Small theatre

Question 43

Palaestra

Answer 43

Public exercise ground for military and youth

Question 44

Papyri

Answer 44

Sheets made from sliced water plants, used for writing

Question 45

Paterfamilias

Answer 45

Highest ranking male in the family, Roman household patriarchal

Question 46

Patron

Answer 46

Powerful person who protects and leads his followers

Question 47

Peristyle

Answer 47

A colonnade around an outside private garden

Question 48

Pistrinum

Answer 48

A shops that produced and sells bread, bakery

Question 49

Programmata

Answer 49

Epigraphic sources - election sources

Question 50

Sarno river

Answer 50

One of the main eh era flowing through the Campanian region. Used for fresh water and travelling

Question 51

Senator

Answer 51

Roman who has public office within the senate of Rome

Question 52

Sesteree

Answer 52

A bronze or silver Roman coin valued at a quarter of a denarius

Question 53

Taberna

Answer 53

Small workshops opening onto the street

Question 54

Tablinum

Answer 54

Public reception area of the atrium where household records are kept

Question 55

Tepidarium

Answer 55

A warm pool room

Question 56

Termae

Answer 56

Hot baths in a communal bath complex

Question 57

Thermopolium

Answer 57

A shop that produces and serves hot food and drinks

Question 58

Triclinium

Answer 58

Formal dining room in private homes containing three couches

Question 59

Vestibulum

Answer 59

Enter acne area to a private house

Question 60

Villa rustica

Answer 60

A Roman house - Villa rustica: A working farmhouse and property, often also a vineyard. Villa Maritime: A seaside house