| A | B |
|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Term for elementary teacher | litterator (or) magister ludi/litterarum |
| Term for secondary teacher | grammaticus |
| Term for college/university level teacher | rhetor |
| slave who escorted boy to school and waited in back of class till lessons were finished? | paedagogus |
| Roman writer who made his teacher Orbilius "plagosus" famous? | Horace |
| underwear | subligaculum (a loincloth) |
| who could wear the toga? | only male Roman citizens (foreigners and slaves could not wear it) |
| terms for most common toga? | toga virilis/libera/pura |
| toga worn by one running for office | toga candida (means "bright white") |
| most common material for the toga? | wool |
| earliest type of toga characterized by short length? | toga exigua |
| term for the "bordered toga"? | toga praetexta |
| What is a "latus clavus"? | broad/wide stripe (on a toga) |
| What is a "angustus clavus"? | narrow stripe (on a toga) |
| Who wore the toga praetexta? | senators (wide); equestrians and boys (narrow) |
| Term for toga worn by victorious generals and emperors? | toga picta |
| Terms for the funeral toga | toga pulla (or) sordida |
| Term for a woman's dress? | stola |
| Term for the formal shawl worn by a woman? | palla |
| What is a calceus? | shoe |
| What is a solea? | sandal |
| What is a zona? | belt |
| What is a cingulum? | belt |
| What is a petasus? | wide-brimmed traveler's hat |
| What is a lacerna? | cloak |
| What is a paenula? | a traveler's cloak |
| 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 |
