roman dependents: slaves and clients

Question 1

group of 10 house slaves

Answer 1

decuria

Question 2

who says that an individual could have up to 10 and 20 thousand slaves

Answer 2

athenaeus

Question 3

why were captives sold into slavery immediately

Answer 3

for the safety of generals

Question 4

who were slave sales conducted under

Answer 4

quaestor

Question 5

spear and symbol of an official slave sale

Answer 5

hasta

Question 6

to be sold into slavery

Answer 6

sub hasta venire

Question 7

what did captives and victims of sacrifice wear

Answer 7

garlands on heads

Question 8

sellers of slaves

Answer 8

mangones

Question 9

slave marriage

Answer 9

contuberinium

Question 10

slaves born in the house

Answer 10

vernae

Question 11

slaves with chalked feet

Answer 11

imported

Question 12

who supervised slave auctions

Answer 12

aediles

Question 13

who chose location for slave auction

Answer 13

aedile

Question 14

what did slaves from the east have

Answer 14

ears pierced

Question 15

scroll around neck of slave (served as warrant for buyer)

Answer 15

titulus

Question 16

what did titulus include

Answer 16

age, nationality, disease, tendency to disobey

Question 17

what happened if slave had defects not listed in titulus

Answer 17

could be returned after 6 weeks

Question 18

cap worn by slaves without titulus

Answer 18

pilleus

Question 19

slaves sold for immoral purposes

Answer 19

leno

Question 20

took care of public buildings and acted as servants of magistrates and priests

Answer 20

servi publici

Question 21

slaves drilled as firemen to serve night shifts

Answer 21

triumviri nocturni

Question 22

salve in charge of latifundia

Answer 22

vilicus

Question 23

slave in charge of slave women who make wool clothes etc.

Answer 23

vilica

Question 24

butler

Answer 24

atriensis

Question 25

purchased goods and kept records of purchases

Answer 25

procurator

Question 26

door keep (chained to door post)

Answer 26

ostiarius/ianitor

Question 27

hair dresser

Answer 27

ornator/ornatrix

Question 28

barber

Answer 28

tonsor

Question 29

slave who made shoes and cared for feet

Answer 29

calceator

Question 30

hair dressers for mistress

Answer 30

ciniflones

Question 31

salves who cleared way for master

Answer 31

anteambulones

Question 32

reminded master names of people

Answer 32

nomenclator

Question 33

accompanied master back from parties

Answer 33

adversitores

Question 34

slave trained to keep the toga folded when not in use

Answer 34

vestiplicus

Question 35

power of master over slaves

Answer 35

dominium

Question 36

could slaves be killed without reason by law?

Answer 36

no

Question 37

property of a slave if granted by master

Answer 37

peculium

Question 38

the slave of a slave

Answer 38

vicarius

Question 39

slave who took care of yoke of bullocks

Answer 39

bubulcus

Question 40

swineherd

Answer 40

subulcus

Question 41

could private slaves have heirs (for property/belongings?)

Answer 41

no

Question 42

could public slaves have heirs (for property/belongings?)

Answer 42

yes

Question 43

rods and punishment sticks made of elm

Answer 43

ulmi

Question 44

whips with bits of bone/metal

Answer 44

scutica/flagellum

Question 45

culprit who carried a log shaped like a V on his shoulders

Answer 45

furcifer

Question 46

fugitive

Answer 46

fugitivus

Question 47

what letter was branded on a runaway slave's forehead

Answer 47

F (and sometimes a metal collar)

Question 48

slave quarters

Answer 48

cellae familiae

Question 49

prison for slaves to work enchained

Answer 49

ergastulum

Question 50

what happened to slaves to attempted to murder their master

Answer 50

crucified

Question 51

slave to punish a slave

Answer 51

carnifex/lorarius

Question 52

who performed execution of a slave

Answer 52

servus publicus

Question 53

what happened to a slave who was pronounced free by his master

Answer 53

- manumission ceremony performed under praetor - pilleus (liberty cap) - former master remained as his patronus

Question 54

client's greeting to his patron in the atrium

Answer 54

salutatio

Question 55

basket given to client by the patron

Answer 55

sportula

Question 56

tokens of hospitality exchanged

Answer 56

tesserae hospitales

Question 57

why were tesserae hospitales kept

Answer 57

so descendants could recognize each other