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Chapter 5 Rome
ancient Rome
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| republican | when the wealthy elite in the senate ruled in the name of the people |
| who were citizens | people who had rights under roman law |
| what was a forum | a large town square that was the center of business,political administration and religious worship |
| what was an amphitheatre | where gladiatorial games were held |
| who were patricians | the wealthy noble families who ruled rome |
| what was a toga | a long white robe draped over the shoulder and down to the feet |
| what was a stola | a long dress |
| what was a domus | the large house of a patrician |
| who were plebeians | the poor, who made up the vast majority of the roman population |
| what was the dole | a payment of free grain given to the plebeians |
| what was an insulae | the apartment blocks lived in by plebeians |
| what was a mosaic | a picture made from small pieces of stone, glass or tile |
| what was a conferratio | roman wedding ceremony |
| Oratory was the art of what | the art of public speaking |
| who were gladiators | slave who fought in amphitheatres for the entertainment of the crowd |
| who were legionaries | roman foot soldiers |
| who were polytheists | people who believed in many different Gods |
| who were monotheists | peopl who believed in only one God |
| who was Rome created by | Romulus and Remus |
| when was Rome created | 753 AD |
| roman town were laid out in what systems | grid systems |
| what brought fresh water into town | aqueducts |
| what did patrician men wear | patrician men wore a toga |
| what did patrician women wear | patrician women wore a stola |
| what did plebeian men wear | plebeian men wore a tunic to their knees |
| what did plebeian woman wear | a plain stola |
| what were all Roman women unable to do | Vote or take part in public life |
| what was the releasing of a slave called | manumission |
| what slaves were well treated | Greek slaves |
| how many slave were there in rome | 300,000 |
| at what age did most roman girls get married | 14 or 15 |
| what was the school system in rome | boys and some girld attended ludus from ages 7-12, at 12 boys could attend grammaticus, at 16 a patrician boy was taught oratory. |
| what were the three rooms in the public baths | tepidarium(the medium heat room), caldarium,( the hot room), frigidarium( the cold water bath) |
| explain the structure of a legion | 8 men= 1 tent party 10 tent parties= 1 century(80 men) 6 centuries= 1 cohort(480 men) a legion had 10 cohorts, the first cohort was twice the size of the others+120 horsemen. total fighting strength of 5,400, another 400 engineers, doctors, cooks, |
| explain the structure of a legion 2 | officials and animal handlers traveled with the legion |
| tell me what a soldier had/wore | helmet, armour of metal, wooden shield, javelin, sword and dagger, sword, woollen tunic, leather sandals |
| roman battle creations | catapult, testudo, ballista, onager, gallery |
| name the roman gods | jupiter, juno, neptune, pluto, vesta, minerva, dian, apollo, venus, vulcan, mars, ceres, bacchus, mercury |
| explain roman funerals | they had to cross river styx into the underworld and theyput a coin in the mouth of the dead to pay charon the ferryman of the dead |
| was the body cremated | yes |
| which emperor lifted the ban on Christianity | emperor Constantine |
| what did roman architecture invent | concrete, arches and pillars |
| was the roman empire christian | yes |
| what was the language of rome | Latin |
| what languages come from Latin | French, Spanish, Italian, Romanian |
| who created the roman calender | Julius Caesar created a new calendar which had 365 days divided into 12 months and an extra day every four years and was called the Julian calendar, it was slightly changes by pope gregoryXIII in 1582 and called the Gregorian calendar, |
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