Latin I ~ Roman Daily Life Questions



Latin I ~ Roman Daily Life Questions

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1. In which room of the Roman house did clients pay their respects to or ask for the help or advice of their patron?

2. When a master went to public places such as the Forum, he was accompanied by a slave who would whisper the names of those who spoke to him. What was the name for such a slave?

3. How many sesterces did a nobleman need to rank as a member of the equites, or knights?

4. What was the name for a man who attained political office though no member of his family had done previously?

5. What was the usual fuel for lamps in ancient Rome?

6. What was the favorite meat of the Romans?

7. What did the Romans use for sweetening food?

8. What did the Romans call a courtyard area used for wrestling or other exercise?

9. What was the name for the opening in the roof of a Roman home, through which light and rain could enter?

10. What was the name for the basin in which rainwater collected in the atrium of the house?

11. What were the wax busts of family ancestors that were kept in the home called?

12. What part of the house was the master's office or study?

13. What was the name for the porches or colonnades that enclosed the garden of the Roman house?

14. What is the name for the system that circulated hot air under floors and in hollow parts of walls to warm rooms in a building?

15. What did the Romans call an apartment building?

16. What was the name of the ceremony where a bride was formally taken to her husband's home?

17. What was the name processional song or hymn that accompanied a newly- married couple to their house?

18. To whom would a Roman go to have his nails trimmed and a haircut?

19. What was a lucerna?

20. What was a praenomen?

21. What was a nomen?

22. What was a cognomen?

23. What praenomen was abbreviated with the letter C.?

24. What praenomen was abbreviated with the letter T.?

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