Certamen Beginners Packet Culture

Front 1

What garment was the symbol of citizenship in ancient Rome?

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toga

Front 2

What toga was worn by boys?

Back 2

toga praetexta

Front 3

What road ran from Rome to Brundisium?

Back 3

Via Appia

Front 4

What was the port city of ancient Rome?

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Ostia

Front 5

What was the main street of the Forum Romanum?

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Via Sacra

Front 6

By what device did the Romans bring water into the city?

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aqueducts

Front 7

What mountains cap Italy?

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Alps

Front 8

What official was the chief magistrate of the Roman Republic?

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Consul

Front 9

Give the Latin for breakfast, lunch and dinner?

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Ientaculum, prandium, et cena

Front 10

What was the function of a praetor?

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Judge

Front 11

From what port would one leave to sail to Greece?

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Brundisium

Front 12

Upon entering manhood what toga did a young put on?

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Toga virilis

Front 13

Give the Latin and the English for the abbreviation SPQR:

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Senatus Populusque Romanus

Front 14

What were the bundle of rods wrapped around an ax called?

Back 14

Fasces

Front 15

What were the ludi circenses?

Back 15

Chariot races

Front 16

What good luck charm was worn to ward off the evil eye?

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bulla

Front 17

What was a woman's dress called?

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stola

Front 18

Where would one go to see gladiatorial combats?

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Coliseum

Front 19

What did the Romans call the Mediterranean Sea?

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Mare Nostrum

Front 20

By what river was Rome founded?

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Tiber

Front 21

What temple in ancient Rome was dedicated to all gods?

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Pantheon

Front 22

What was th field of Mars on which the army trined and assembled?

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Campus Martius

Front 23

Name two of the seven hills of Rome:

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Palatine, Capitoline, Aventine, Caelian, Quirinal, Esquiline, Viminal

Front 24

What sea was to the east of Greece?

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aegean

Front 25

name two cities burried by Mt. Vesuvius?

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Pompeii, Herculaneum

Front 26

What was Gaius Iulius Caesar's praenomen?

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Gaius

Front 27

How is Gaius abbreviated in Latin?

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C

Front 28

What praenomen is abbreviated Ti.?

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Tiberius

Front 29

What December festival provided a model for Christmas?

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Saturnalia

Front 30

What is another name of the Coliseum?

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Flavian Amphitheatre

Front 31

What Roman official built roads, assessed taxes and enforced morality?

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Censors

Front 32

What did the Romans call dessert?

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Secunda mensa

Front 33

What part of the Roman meal was called the antecena?

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Appetizer

Front 34

What part of the Roman house was the triclinium?

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Dining room

Front 35

What toga did a candidate for office wear?

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Toga candida

Front 36

Out of what material was toga made?

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Wool (lana)

Front 37

Distinguish between mulsa and mulsum:

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honeyed water and honeyed wine

Front 38

What was the master's study called?

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tablinum

Front 39

What were the baths called?

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Thermae

Front 40

In the thermae, what did one do i the apodyterium?

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Change clothes

Front 41

What slave accompanied aboy to school?

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Paedagogus

Front 42

What was the patrician form of marriage called?

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Confarreatio

Front 43

What was the morning call hour when the client met with his patron?

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salutatio

Front 44

What was the first day of every month?

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Kalends

Front 45

What was the curia?

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The senate house

Front 46

From what civilization to the north of Rome, did the Romans borrow the toga, the arch, and gladiatorial games?

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Etruscans

Front 47

What was the reception room of a Roman hous called?

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Atrium

Front 48

What was the courtyard dalled?

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Peristylium

Front 49

What modern country did the Romans call Hispania?

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Spain

Front 50

What were pictures made from tiny pieces of glass called?

Back 50

Frescoes