Certamen Beginners Packet Culture
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- What garment was the symbol of citizenship in ancient Rome?
- toga
- What toga was worn by boys?
- toga praetexta
- What road ran from Rome to Brundisium?
- Via Appia
- What was the port city of ancient Rome?
- Ostia
- What was the main street of the Forum Romanum?
- Via Sacra
- By what device did the Romans bring water into the city?
- aqueducts
- What mountains cap Italy?
- Alps
- What official was the chief magistrate of the Roman Republic?
- Consul
- Give the Latin for breakfast, lunch and dinner?
- Ientaculum, prandium, et cena
- What was the function of a praetor?
- Judge
- From what port would one leave to sail to Greece?
- Brundisium
- Upon entering manhood what toga did a young put on?
- Toga virilis
- Give the Latin and the English for the abbreviation SPQR:
- Senatus Populusque Romanus
- What were the bundle of rods wrapped around an ax called?
- Fasces
- What were the ludi circenses?
- Chariot races
- What good luck charm was worn to ward off the evil eye?
- bulla
- What was a woman's dress called?
- stola
- Where would one go to see gladiatorial combats?
- Coliseum
- What did the Romans call the Mediterranean Sea?
- Mare Nostrum
- By what river was Rome founded?
- Tiber
- What temple in ancient Rome was dedicated to all gods?
- Pantheon
- What was th field of Mars on which the army trined and assembled?
- Campus Martius
- Name two of the seven hills of Rome:
- Palatine, Capitoline, Aventine, Caelian, Quirinal, Esquiline, Viminal
- What sea was to the east of Greece?
- aegean
- name two cities burried by Mt. Vesuvius?
- Pompeii, Herculaneum
- What was Gaius Iulius Caesar's praenomen?
- Gaius
- How is Gaius abbreviated in Latin?
- C
- What praenomen is abbreviated Ti.?
- Tiberius
- What December festival provided a model for Christmas?
- Saturnalia
- What is another name of the Coliseum?
- Flavian Amphitheatre
- What Roman official built roads, assessed taxes and enforced morality?
- Censors
- What did the Romans call dessert?
- Secunda mensa
- What part of the Roman meal was called the antecena?
- Appetizer
- What part of the Roman house was the triclinium?
- Dining room
- What toga did a candidate for office wear?
- Toga candida
- Out of what material was toga made?
- Wool (lana)
- Distinguish between mulsa and mulsum:
- honeyed water and honeyed wine
- What was the master's study called?
- tablinum
- What were the baths called?
- Thermae
- In the thermae, what did one do i the apodyterium?
- Change clothes
- What slave accompanied aboy to school?
- Paedagogus
- What was the patrician form of marriage called?
- Confarreatio
- What was the morning call hour when the client met with his patron?
- salutatio
- What was the first day of every month?
- Kalends
- What was the curia?
- The senate house
- From what civilization to the north of Rome, did the Romans borrow the toga, the arch, and gladiatorial games?
- Etruscans
- What was the reception room of a Roman hous called?
- Atrium
- What was the courtyard dalled?
- Peristylium
- What modern country did the Romans call Hispania?
- Spain
- What were pictures made from tiny pieces of glass called?
- Frescoes