| A | B |
|---|
| Who are the attendants who carry fasces? | lictors |
| bed/couch | lectus/i |
| chair/seat | sella/subsella |
| table | mensa |
| How long did Pliny say a typical cena lasted? | 3 hours |
| When did the cena start? | 9 - 10 hour (3-4 P.M.) |
| What did guests bring? | mappa (napkin) |
| dining room | triclinium |
| ideal number for a cena? | 9 |
| terms for 1st course | gustatio/promulsis/antecena |
| types of food served during 1st course? | egg, vegetables, shellfish, salad |
| What is mulsum? | wine flavored with honey |
| When was mulsum served? | 1st course |
| Name for 2nd course of cena? | prima mensa/ferculum |
| What was served during the second course of cena? | meats, seafood, poultry |
| favorite meat of Romans? | pork |
| When was the best wine served? | during secunda mensa (dessert) |
| term for 3rd course? | secunda mensa (dessert) |
| What was served during the secunda mensa? | apples (mala), fruit and pastries |
| "From the egg all the way to the apples". | "Ab ovo usque ad mala" (Horace) |
| three types of fish pastes | garum/liquamen/muria |
| What common modern utensil did the Romans not use? | fork |
| Name common foods which the Romans did not have. | tomatoes, potatoes, corn, most citrus, bananas, sugar, tea, coffee |
| term for drinking party? | comissatio (or compotatio) |
| term for the "drinking king" | arbiter bibendi (or) magister bibendi |
| How was the arbiter bibendi determined? | roll of the dice |
| term for dice | tali (knucklebones) |
| best roll of the dice? | Venus |
| worst roll of the dice? | Canis (dog) |
| What did the arbiter bibendi decide? | 1)ratio of water to wine 2)insanae leges (crazy rules) how much to drink, ect. |
| Did women participate in the comissatio? | No |
| term for a Roman's first name? | praenomen |
| Approximately how many first names for men were in common used during the Late Republic? | 18 |
| term the a Roman's second name? | nomen |
| Which name was the "gens" or "family name"? | nomen |
| term for a Roman's third name? | cognomen |
| Which name was a Roman's branch of the family? | cognomen |
| What is the term for a fourth name which was honorific | agnomen |
| From which name was a girl's name taken? | nomen (gens) |
| What was the ientaculum? | breakfast |
| What was prandium? | lunch |
| What was the largest meal of the day? | cena |
| What is the early Republic term for supper? | vesperna |
| What is the symbol for Roman authority? | fasces |
