| A | B |
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| largest race track in ancient world? | Circus Maximus |
| Between what two hills is the Circus Maximus located? | Palatine & Aventine |
| approximate capacity of the Circus Maximus? | 250,000 + |
| term for island in the middle of the track? | spina |
| term the the turning posts at each end of the spina? | metae |
| term for the starting gates? | carceres |
| term for the racing companies or corporations? | factiones |
| the four standard racing colors | red white blue and green |
| term for chariot races | ludi circenses |
| Who supposedly first brought chariot racing to Rome? | Tarquinius Priscus |
| Approximate length of the Circus Maximus? | 600 meters |
| Term for the emperor's box | pulvinar |
| term the the napkin dropped by the game's sponsor, starting the race? | mappa |
| Term for the parade which starting off the day of racing? | pompa |
| the two types of lap markers? | eggs and dolphins |
| term for a crash or wreck? | naufragium |
| number of laps in a normal race? | 7 |
| number of chariots in a typical race? | 12 |
| term for the four-horse chariot | quadriga |
| term for a charioteer? | auriga |
| direction of the laps? | counter-clockwise |
| Who temporarily adding the racing colors of purple and gold? | Domitian |
| What two colors did Domitian temporarily add? | purple and gold |
| Which emperor doubled the number of races per day from 12 to 24? | Caligula |
| What were the "Albata"? | the white team |
| What were the "Russata"? | the red team |
| What were the "Prasina"? | the green team |
| What were the "Veneta"? | the blue team |
| Which emperor won the chariot racing event at the Olympics? | Nero |
| term for public baths | thermae |
| apodyterium | changing room |
| unctorium | massage room |
| palaestra | exercise area |
| caldarium | hot pool |
| tepidarium | luke-warm pool |
| frigidarium | cold pool |
| natatio | swimming pool |
| popina | snack bar |
| hypocaust | heating system |
| sudatorium | hot and humid room |
| laconicum | hot dry room/sauna |
| solium | hot dry room/sauna |
| building for gladiatorial fights | amphitheater |
| building for races | circus |
| gladiatorial fights originated where? | Etruria |
| original purpose for gladiatorial fights? | funeral games |
| when were the first gladiatorial fights in Rome? | 264 B.C. |
| name for a gladiatorial trainer | lanista |
| beast hunts | venationes |
| man with net and trident | retiarius |
| heavily armed man with fish-crest helmet | murmillo |
| heavily armed man with visored helmet | samnite |
| lightly armed man with small round shield and sword | thrax/thracian |
| amphitheater shut down for 10 years because of a riot | Pompeii |
| What was the most popular form of entertainment in ancient Rome? | chariot racing |
| "ova et delphini" are associated with what form of entertainment? | chariot racing |
| Who is said to have brought chariot racing to Rome? | Tarquinius Priscus |
| What is a hippodrome? | horse racing track |
| What is an auriga? | charioteer |
| What is a quadriga? | four-horse chariot |
| How many races a day would there have been in the late Republic? | 12 |
| Which segments of Roman society were charioteers drawn from? | plebeians, freedmen (liberti), slaves |
| Why is Pompeius Muscosus famous? | most recorded chariot victories (3559) |
| Two reasons why people went to chariot racing? | betting and wrecks |
| What did the winning charioteer receive besides money for winning? | laurel wreath/crown |
| munera refers to what entertainment? | gladiatorial fights |
| In gladiatorial fights were auctoratii? | volunteers |
| munerator, editor and magister were all terms for what? | sponsor of gladiatorial fights |
| hoplomachi and secutores were both versions of which type of gladiatorial fighter? | the Samnite |
| How did the dimachaeri fight? | with two swords |
| What was a rudis? | a wooden sword awarded to a gladiator making him a free man |
| What was the Ludus Magnus? | gladiatorial school next to the Colosseum |
| What was unique about the Essedari? | gladiators who fought in Celtic-style chariots |
| What was unusual about the Provocatores? | only gladiators to fight with a breastplate |
| When was the last recorded gladiatorial fight? | Jan. 1, 404 A.D. |
| What was a strigil? | instrument used to scrape oil off someone who had been massaged |
| fuel used in the hypocaust? | charcoal |
| largest bath in ancient Rome? | Diocletian's Bath |
