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CULTURE 2019 A,B & C

Meals, House & Names

AB
large, central roomatrium
opening in roof of atriumcompluvium
basin in middle of atrium floorimpluvium
small temple in corner of atriumlararium
ancestral godslares
gods of the cupboard/larderpenates
dining roomtriclinium
kitchenculina
bedroomcubiculum
master's studytablinum
gardenhortus
pond/poolpiscina
area with colonnadeperistylium
private bathbalneum
room between atrium and peristyliumtablinum
death masksimagines
place where imagines are keptalae
small rooms/alcoves off of atrium near tablinumalae
entry wayfauces
shops on street side of housetabernae
entry doorianua
servants' entranceposticum
area for coats in front of entry doorvestibulum
hallway which connects atrium and peristyliumandron
Who are the attendants who carry fasces?lictors
bed/couchlectus/i
chair/seatsella/subsella
tablemensa
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 roomtriclinium
ideal number for a cena?9
terms for 1st courseGUSTATIO/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 pastesgarum/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 FOUR dice
term for dice used at comissatiotali (knucklebones)
best roll of the dice?Venus (all different numbers)
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 honorificagnomen
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 (in rural areas)?vesperna
Term for elementary teacherlitterator (or) magister ludi/litterarum
Term for secondary teachergrammaticus
Term for college/university level teacherrhetor
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
term for a freedmanlibertus/i
If two daughters, what would their names be)minor (younger) & maior (older)
If three daughters (or more) what would their names be?prima, secunda, tertia


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