Your Wedding

Question 1

Farreum

Answer 1

Spelt cake (unleavened wafer)

Question 2

Lares

Answer 2

The gods the bride would leave when she left home and offered childhood clothes and toys to

Question 3

nodus Herculeus

Answer 3

Knot of Hercules

Question 4

Flammeum

Answer 4

Saffron-dyed veil

Question 5

Pronubae

Answer 5

Maid of honor

Question 6

When did the ceremony begin?

Answer 6

In the evening before the wedding inside the bride’s home

Question 7

A spear point parted the bride’s hair into how many tresses?

Answer 7

Six

Question 8

Vittae

Answer 8

Strips of white wool

Question 9

What was the Roman wedding color?

Answer 9

Saffron

Question 10

What was sacrificed in the bride’s house?

Answer 10

A sow or ewe

Question 11

How many witnesses were there to witness the bride and groom read the contract?

Answer 11

Ten

Question 12

How long did the celebration last?

Answer 12

Until dusk

Question 13

What did the maid of honor carry as a symbol of her duties?

Answer 13

A distaff and spindle

Question 14

What were symbols of wealth and fertility?

Answer 14

Nuts, cakes, and coins

Question 15

Why were songs sung insulting the newlyweds?

Answer 15

To ward off the evil eye and envy of the gods

Question 16

What was on the groom’s door?

Answer 16

Torches that were extinguished and thrown to spectators

Question 17

Why was the bride lifted over the threshold by men?

Answer 17

They wanted to ensure she would not stumble (an inauspicious omen)

Question 18

What did the groom do to make sure that the bride was in charge of his household?

Answer 18

He offered her a pitcher of water and a brazier of burning coals

Question 19

Confarreatio

Answer 19

Spelt-cake-sharing (Roman wedding ceremony)