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For Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus, which name identified his stirps?

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Scipio

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What was the storage chest/strongbox for a rich family?

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arca

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What was the daily visit of a client to his patron?

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salutatio

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From what material was the toga made during the Republic?

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wool

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What was the most important grain for the Romans?

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wheat

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What was the power of the husband over his wife ?

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manus

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What did the Romans call lunch?

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prandium

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Which room was a bedroom in the domus?

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cubiculum

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What was the task of the fullones

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clean clothes

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Where would a catillus have been found?

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bakery

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Where was an unburned body placed inside a columbaria ?

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sarcophagus

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Which family’s men wore only the subligaculum under their togas?

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Cethegi

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Who was the head slave on an estate?

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vilicus

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What did Cato call his after dinner party of conversation with drinking?

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convivium

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What type of meat did the Romans consider to be of the poorest quality?

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goat

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16
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Which gens used the praenomen Mamercus ?

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Aemilian

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17
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How many balls were used in trigon?

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2

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18
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What was the property of a slave or child?

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peculium

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What was the favorite item of jewelry for Roman women?

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pearl

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20
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What were the starting stalls at a circus?

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carceres

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Originally cognati within ____ degrees of consanguinity were not supposed to marry.

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6

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What did a fritillus hold?

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dice

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On which hill was the Casa Romuli located?

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Palatine

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What was the most common type of racing chariot?

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quadrigae

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Which item would a Roman NOT put in a salad? | A. lettuce B. cress C. tomato D. mallow
C. tomato
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The power of a father over his son was terminated when the son became __.
the flamen dialis
27
When was the Saturnalia?
December
28
What were lateres cocti?
bricks
29
What was the traditional material for an engagement ring?
iron
30
How much was a man charged to enter a thermae?
1 quadrans
31
A memorial for a lost body was a/an _____.
cenotaphium
32
What was the least popular form of theatrical performance?
tragedy
33
Which officials supervised slave auctions in Rome?
aediles
34
Which was NOT used in sealing a letter? | A. cera B. linum C. signum D. spatha
D. spatha
35
Which animal was NOT sacrificed in the suovetaurilia? | A. bull B. sheep C. pig D. horse
D. horse
36
What was the preferred nationality of a rhetor?
Greek
37
Which was NOT a chariot faction? | A. russata B. atra C. veneta D. praesina
B. atra
38
Where did the dextrarum junctio take place?
wedding
39
What footwear would a laborer wear in the streets of Rome?
caligae
40
Which vehicle was used for rapid travel with little baggage?
cisium
41
Who was not an agnate of the paterfamilias?
his emancipated son
42
How many sides of a talus were counted?
4
43
In which chair would the patron sit?
solium
44
During the Republic which class was most involved in collecting taxes?
equestrian
45
What was the Roman raincoat/overcoat?
paenula
46
If PVP occurred at the start of a name on a tombstone, it meant the person had ___.
died as an infant
47
What was a calamus?
pen
48
Which atrium had more than four supporting columns?
tetrastylon
49
What toga did the dictator wear?
praetexta
50
Which was the bottom layer of a Roman road?
statumen
51
Gaius Cestius was honored by a tomb in the shape of a ___.
pyramid
52
What were the stepping stones in a street?
pondera
53
In what commodity did mangones deal?
slaves
54
Who built the first permanent theater in Rome?
Pompey
55
Which fruit was the last to be cultivated in Italy? | A. peach B. lemon C. cherry D. pear
B. lemon
56
Which was NOT worn by a 16-year old male celebrating the Liberalia? A. tunica recta B. toga pura C. toga praetexta D. toga libera
C. toga praetexta
57
What was the Roman " hot tub"?
alveus
58
Primordia refers to to the first few days of ___.
a child's life
59
What color dye came from the murex?
crimson
60
In which room of the bath were oils rubbed into the skin?
unctorium
61
For Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus, which name identifies his gens?
Cornelius
62
Which clan provided its women with a laudatio during the Republic?
Julian
63
What were the curved upper roof tiles?
imbrices
64
Who built two wooden theaters which rotated to form an amphitheater?
Curio
65
Which was NOT used in tyrotarichus? | A. apples B. cheese C. eggs D. fish
A. apples
66
When was the Liberalia celebrated?
March
67
Who founded the first public library in Rome?
Pollio
68
What was the father's office in the domus?
tablinum
69
What was the usual color of the border around the neck of a stola?
purple
70
What was the length of a Roman hour in modern minutes on a midsummer day?
75
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During the Republic, gravepits for the poor were located on the ___ Hill.
Esquiline
72
What type of gladiator would a Samnite most likely have fought?
Thracian
73
What were the bolts that locked an outer door?
pessuli
74
How much time did the nundinae encompass?
8 days
75
How many slaves did Horace say a gentleman must have?
10
76
For how many centuries after the founding of Rome was divorce unknown?
5
77
In what year did January become the first month of the year?
153 B. C
78
What was used as proof of hospitium?
tessera
79
What was the best kind of bread?
siligneus
80
Which emperor required widows to remarry?
Augustus
81
Adrogatio had to be approved by the ____.
comitia curiata
82
What was the original term for supper?
vesperna
83
From what wood were the most expensive tables made?
citrus
84
Who constructed the first naumachia?
Caesar
85
Which was usually served during the gustus?
eggs
86
What was the act of a father acknowledging a child as his child?
susceptio
87
Who were slaves freed before friends but not a magistrate?
Latini Iuniani
88
What was the general term for a meat market?
macellum
89
The minimum burial rite required ___ handfuls of dirt.
3
90
To what height did Augustus limit insulae in Roman feet?
60
91
What was the origin of a nomen ending in -na?
Etruscan
92
What article of clothing was a subucula?
tunic
93
What tool was used to pack down the floor in an early domus?
fistuca
94
How many circuses were in or near Rome?
6
95
What was the main ingredient of epityrum?
olives
96
What was the earliest form of plebeian marriage?
usus
97
What were horrea?
warehouses
98
Who gathered the flowers and plants for the bride's wreath?
the bride
99
What did a capsa normally contain?
scrolls
100
Who was the primus palus?
a gladiator

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