Cities of Vesuvius
This term describes the naturally occurring phenomenon that preserved Pompeii and Herculaneum on 24 August AD 79.
Pyroclastic surge/flow.
Name the THREE bodies that formed the Spartan government.
Ephorate (ephors), Gerousia, and Ekklesia (assembly).
Name the two other members of the First Triumvirate alongside Julius Caesar.
Pompey (Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus) and Crassus (Marcus Licinius Crassus)
Augustus' autobigoraphy.
This term describes the human-shaped cavities at Pompeii, which Giuseppe Fiorelli filled with plaster in the 1860s to reveal victims of the eruption.
Casts (plaster casts of the victims)
A large building on the Via dell'Abbondanza owned by a wealthy entrepeneur.
House of Julia Felix
What was the name of the rigorous Spartan training and education system, and from what age did boys enter it?
The agoge; boys entered at approximately age 7
This battle in 52 BC was the climactic Roman siege during Caesar's Gallic Wars.
The Siege of Alesia
What is the name of the statue created to celebrate victory over the Parthians?
The Prima Porta
This ancient author wrote two letters describing the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79, providing the most detailed eyewitness account we possess.
Pliny the Younger (Letters to Tacitus, Books VI.16 and VI.20)
A house featuring scenes that we believe to be of the Dionysian cult.
Villa of mysteries
Identify TWO methods the Spartans used to control the helot population.
Any two of: the krypteia (secret police/terror raids), the syssitia (communal messes reinforcing military cohesion), annual declaration of war on helots, the army as a deterrent
Identify TWO reforms or policies Caesar implemented during his dictatorship.
Any two of: reform of the calendar (Julian calendar), extension of Roman citizenship, debt relief measures, redistribution of land, reorganisation of the Senate, regulation of grain dole, public works
What was the location of the Ara Pacis?
The Campus Martius
True or False: Julius Caesar was officially crowned King of Rome.
False.
Fermented food product exported all over Rome.
Garum
Another term for "peer" other than Spartiate.
Homoioi.
When were the Ides of March?
March 15th, 44BCE
Who was the father of Gaius and Lucius?
Marcus Agrippa (the Rippa)
"This work by Xenophon is one of our most detailed ancient accounts of Spartan society and customs, though modern historians note it uncritically idealises the Spartan system. Name the work."
Constitution of the Lacedaemonians (Lakedaimonion Politeia).
Public facility in Herculaneum paid for by Marcus Nonius Balbus.
The Suburban Baths
How many days was customary to mourn the death of a king?
10 days.
"Caesar was nominated for this Roman priesthood from age 16, which was politically significant because it connected him to the populares tradition and gave him early public visibility in Rome."
Flamen Dialis.
What were the two powers given to Augustus with the settlements of 23BC?
Maius Imperium and Tribunician Potestas.
"The eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79 destroyed at least four settlements, not just Pompeii and Herculaneum. Name ONE other settlement buried or significantly damaged."
Stabiae (Castellammare di Stabia) or Oplontis (Torre Annunziata)