Thermae
Slavery
Actaeon
Grammar
100

What might a Roman bather find in the caldarium?

A pool of hot water.

100

What is one method by which people entered into slavery?

Piracy, child abandonment, willful submission, prisoners of war, and birth.

100

What was Actaeon's profession?

Hunter.

100

Which Latin pronoun is the subject of the verb sum?

Ego.

200

Besides bathing, what other activities might a Roman bather partake in during a visit to the baths?

Oil massages, sauna, field exercise and wrestling, business socializing.

200

True or false: While slaves were not allowed to marry, they could own property.

False. Slaves had not right to family life and not right to property ownership.

200

What animal did Actaeon frequently hunt with?

Dogs.

200
What is function of the nominative case?

Nouns in the nominative case are the subject.

300

What is the hypocaustum?

The underfloor heating system.
300

This famous slave led a slave revolt, which lasted for two years, from 73 to 71.

Spartacus.

300

Who does Actaeon famously stumble upon while hunting one day?

Diana.

300

What is the accusative plural form of puella.

Puellas.

400

In Latin, what room would you find a xylospongium?

The latrina.

400

What is the difference between a servus and an ancilla?

One is masculine, the other is feminine.

400

What grim fate befalls Actaeon?

He is transformed into a stag and devoured by his hunting dogs.

400

How do these two verbs differ: videbatis and videbas?

One is plural, one is singular.

500

What is the Latin word for the first room a Roman bath would enter when visiting a bathhouse?

The apodyterium.

500

This act, meaning 'sending from the hand,' is the Roman term for releasing a slave from slavery.

Manumission.

500

Why is the goddess enraged that Actaeon found her bathing?

She is a virgin goddess.

500

What the grammatical term for a verb which does not have a tense and typically follows the verbs possum and volo.

Infinitive.

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