Case and Declension
Vocabulary and Derivatives
The Streets of Pompeii
Pompeii's Businesses
More on Pompeii
100
Declension of -- taverna
What is 1st
100
The English definition of villa
What is 'house'
100
True or False: The streets of Pompeii were arranged haphazardly and created according to need
False -- the city was organized around a grid system
100
This was the main city center where business, politics, and religion were conducted
What is the forum
100
Many were drawn to Pompeii because -- a) the taxes were lower in Southern Italy b) they liked the pleasant climate c) the city was a cultural center of the empire
What is b) they liked the pleasant climate
200
Case of amicum
What is Accusative
200
This word means 'drinks'
What is bib it
200
The streets of Pompeii have these to protect pedestrians from traffic of wagons and horses, as well as rainwater that collected in the streets
What is high paved sidewalks and stepping stones
200
These identified the different kinds of stores in Pompeii
What are painted signs specified to the business type
200
The palaestra is a) a library for elite Romans b) a theater for elite Romans c) a training ground for gladiators d) a bath for gladiators
What is c -- a training ground for gladiators
300
Case and Declension of navis
What is Nominative and 3rd Declension
300

The Latin word for 'to, toward'

What is ad

300
These two main streets have been named by excavators
What is the 'Street of Shops' and "Stabiae Street'
300
Advertisements and public notices were announced in this way
What is on whitewashed walls of shops and houses
300
These forces maintained peace throughout the Roman Empire
What is military troops
400
The Nominative form of Grumionem
What is Grumio
400
An English derivative of ridet -- to make fun of another person
What is ridicule
400
The streets of Pompeii were made of this material
What is volcanic stone
400

The forum was the center for these 3 aspects of Pompeian life

What are business, government and religion.

400
The mode of transportation was most convenient for ancient Romans
What is by sea; travel by land was far more difficult and took a lot of time
500
The Accusative form of leo
What is leonem
500

A bibulous person likes ________ (Bibulous comes from the Latin word ________)

What is drinking, and bibit

500
True or False -- the streets of ancient Pompeii had names
What is False
500
This structure was large enough to seat every Pompeiian, as well as visitors from neighboring towns
What is the amphitheater
500
One of these ethnicities was not common in Pompeii: Syrians Gauls Jews Africans
What is Gauls
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