Religion
The god of law, medicine, and music
Who is Apollo?
The heart of the commercial life of Pompeii.
What is the forum?
A barrier which kept carts from rolling into the forum.
What are stones at the entrance?
A job a less wealthy woman might have that involves childbirth.
Who are midwives?
The center of business and court dealings
What is the basilica?
The Roman goddess of love and beauty
Who is Venus?
A structure supported by columns of white marble, which provided an open corridor in which people could do business out of the heat or rain
What is a colonnade?
In the first picture of stage 4, this is the material that is overlaying the concrete of the arch.
What are bricks?
Women who took over their husbands' business affairs.
Who are widows?
The place where information about elections and shows were publicized (two possible answers).
What is public bulletin boards or grafitti on walls?
Has a temple in the forum and is the Roman equivalent to Zeus
Who is Jupiter?
To ensure the shopkeeper gave fair measures, the forum contained this.
What is a weights and measures table?
The material of gates through which people entered the forum.
What is bronze?
A Pompeiian priestess and patroness of clothworkers who inherited money from her father.
Who is Eumachia?
The official responsible for law and order.
Who is the aedile?
What are the Lares?
This is the job of the merchant depicted in the right of the illustration on page 48 of the book.
What is a shoemaker?
The material which paved the forum floor
What is stone?
Possible purpose of a large building purchased by one wealthy woman in Pompeii.
What is a market for cloth traders?
A complaint about other people advertised in forum grafitti.
What is a message about people making "noise in the streets and disturbing decent folk who are asleep"?