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Roman Amusement Flashcards

1
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What was the term for balls filled with hair, feather, or air?

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Folles

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2
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What was the term for a game of catch?

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Trigon

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3
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What was the term for rugby or football?

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Harpastum

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4
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What was the term for chess?

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latrunculi

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5
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What was the term for backgammon?

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Duodecem scripta

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6
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What was the term for checkers?

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Calculi

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7
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What was the term for a game similar to Italian mora?

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Micatio

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8
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What was the term for knucklebones?

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Tali

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9
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What was the term for a four-sided dice that lacked the numbers 2 and 5?

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Tesserae

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10
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What was the term for the dice box which the dice were thrown?

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Fritillus

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11
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What was the term for the highest throw (All different numbers)?

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Venus

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12
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What was the term for the middle throw (Had a 6 and three other numbers)?

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Senio

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13
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What was the term for the lowest throw (All the same number)?

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Vulture

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14
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What was the term for the lowest of the Vultures throws (Only ones)?

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Dogs

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15
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What was the term for a private game?

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Munera

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16
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What was the term for public games?

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Ludi

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17
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What was the term for dramatic performances in a theater?

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Ludi scaenici

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18
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What was the term for a mime?

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Mimus, -i, m.

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19
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What was the term for pantomimie?

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Pantomimus, -i, m.

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20
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What was the term for comedies?

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Comoediae

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21
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What was the term for tragedies?

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Tragaediae

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22
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What was the term for the manager in producing a play?

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Dominus gregis

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23
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What was the term for a troupe of inferior actors?

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Grex

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24
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What was the term for the props necessary for a play?

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Ornamenta

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25
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What was the term for the front line of the stage?

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Proscaenium

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26
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What was the term for the stage for the actor, located behind the front line?

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Scaena

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27
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What was the term for the spectators?

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Cavea

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28
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What was the term for the semicircular passage in the middle on the audience?

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Praecinctio

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29
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What was the term for groups of rows?

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Meniana

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30
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What was the term for the awnings that protected from rain and sun?

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Vela

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31
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What was the term for the Roman circus?

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Circus

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32
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What was the term for chariot races?

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Ludi circenses

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33
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What was the term for chariot companies or factions?

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Factiones

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34
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What was the term for red

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Russata

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35
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What was the term for white?

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Albata

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36
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What was the term for blue?

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Veneta

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37
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What was the term for green?

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Prasina

38
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What was the term for purple?

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Purpurea

39
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What was the term for gold?

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Aurea

40
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Who added the colors purple and gold the the racing factions?

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Domitian

41
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What was the term for the starting gates?

A

Porta pompae

42
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What was the term for the staring gates, this word also ment prison?

A

Carceres

43
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What was the term for the ending gate?

A

Porta triumphalis

44
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What was the term for the exterior part of the building composed of towers and barriers?

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Oppidum

45
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What was the term for the backbone or center part of the circus?

A

Spinae

46
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What was the term for the pillars or turning posts?

A

Metae

47
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What were the instruments used to count laps, meaning “eggs and dolphins”?

A

Ova at delphini

48
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What was the term for the marble platform used by magistrates?

A

Podium

49
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What was the term for the chariotdriver?

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Auriga / agitator

50
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What was the term for the circus procession for magistrates?

A

Pompa circensis

51
Q

What was the term for beast hunts?

A

Venationes

52
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What was the term for the mock battle among kids?

A

Ludus Troiae

53
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What was the term for the Flavian Ampitheater?

A

Colosseum

54
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What year was the Colosseum opened?

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80 AD

55
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What was the term for gladiator fights?

A

Munera gladiatoria

56
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What was the term for the special food for the gladiators?

A

Sagina gladiatorial

57
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What was the term for the wooden training sword given to gladiators when they retire?

A

Rudis

58
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What was the term for the banks of rows?

A

Caveae

59
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What was the term for the first five rows?

A

Infima / ima cavea

60
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What was the term for the next twelve rows?

A

Media cavea

61
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What was the term for the highest 18 rows?

A

Summa cavea

62
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What was the term for the narrow passage for carrying the dead?

A

Porta Libitinensis

63
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What was the term for the seat of honor for members of the city council?

A

Bisellia

64
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What was the term for the two or three rows of parble thrones?

A

Podium

65
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What was the term for the 14 rows for euestrians?

A

Maenianum 1

66
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What was the term for the seating for ordinary citizens?

A

Maenianum 2

67
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What was the term for the seating for the lower classes, foreigners, and slaves?

A

Maenianum 3

68
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Who used the upper gallery above maenianum 3?

A

Women

69
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What was the term for gladiators?

A

Gladiatorii

70
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Which Gladiator fought with a net and trident?

A

Retiarius

71
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Which Gladiator fought blindfolded?

A

Andabata

72
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Which Gladiator had a fish crested helmet?

A

Murmillo

73
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Which Gladiator fought in a chariot?

A

Essedarius

74
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Which Gladiator fought with wild animals?

A

Bestiarius

75
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Which Gladiator was a rookie?

A

Tiro

76
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Which Gladiator fought with two daggers?

A

Dimachaerus

77
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Which Gladiator fought with a lasso?

A

Loqueator

78
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Which Gladiator fought as a volunteer?

A

Actoratus

79
Q

Which Gladiator fought with a short shield and had greaves on both legs?

A

Thrax

80
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Which Gladiator fought with thick sleeves on his right arm, had greaves on his left leg, and had a visored helmet?

A

Samnite

81
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What was the term for a long sheild?

A

Scutum

82
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Which gladiator was like the Samnites but more heavily armored and often pinned against the Thrax?

A

Hoplomachi

83
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Which gladiator was like the Samnites but lightly armored, and often pinned against the retiarii?

A

Secutores

84
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Who was the highest ranking gladiator, title meaning “first sword”?

A

Palus primus

85
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Who was the second highest ranking gladiator, title meaning “second sword”?

A

Palus secundus

86
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What was the term for a spared gladiator?

A

Missus

87
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What was the term for a gladiator trainer?

A

Lanista

88
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What was the term for the banquet for gladiators the day before a show?

A

Cena libera

89
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What was the term for the sham combat with blunt weapons that began the show?

A

Prolusio

90
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What was the white-chalked line that was the finish line in the Circus Maximus?

A

Calx

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