Funerary Inscriptions
The abbreviation F. following a Roman's name on a funerary inscription refers to what?
Filius, son, implying the next name is the father's name.
This famous Roman amphitheater, inaugurated in 80 CE, hosted the most spectacular gladiator games.
Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)
In this verse (1.135), Ovid describes how lovers should sit next to women at this famous Roman venue.
Circus Maximus.
This short Latin phrase reflects Stoic bravery in facing death: memento mori. What does it mean?
Remember that you will die.
Provide the tense of the verb:
appropinquābamus
Imperfect
What can be inferred about the status of a person buried under a monument with only one name?
They were a slave.
How would a gladiatrix differ from a gladiator?
In gender.
These sect of religious citizens were granted special exemption to their expected seating arrangements in the Colosseum and were allotted front row seats.
Vestal Virgins.
This Roman philosopher, a Stoic, wrote Meditations and encouraged calm acceptance of death.
Marcus Aurelius.
Provide the tense and voice of the following verb:
tenemur
Present, passive.
In addition to the triparted Roman name and familial relations, what other biographical information might be included on a Roman funerary inscription?
Voting block, profession, age, and constructor of the monument.
The retiarius, who fought with net, also fought with which combination ranged-melee weapon.
Trident.
This category of citizens was confined to the highest seating section in the Colosseum under the Lex Iulia Theatralis.
Women.
Both Stoics and Epicureans agreed that death should not be feared for this reason.
It is natural/part of life
Provide the person, tense, and voice of the following verb:
auditus sum
Perfect, passive, first person
This biographical information usually appeared after the nomen and before the cognomen.
The voting tribe.
A riot in 59 BC between these two cities sparked a 10 year ban on gladiatorial combat shows for the participants.
Pompeians and Nucerians.
Ovid suggests cheering intensely during this portion of the pompa.
The procession of the statue of Venus.
Provide the number, tense, person, and voice of the following verb:
amabantur
Third person, plural, imperfect, passive
What is the meaning of the abbreviation D.M.
Dis manibus, 'to the spirits of the dead.'
Armed similarly to the Thraex, this lesser-known gladiator wore fish-shaped helmet crests and often paired off against a retiarius.
Murmillo.
This political figure, who began regulating the seating arrangements at public events, is widely believed to have exiled Ovid partly because the controversial Ars Amatoria.
Augustus Octavianus
Provide the number, tense, person, and voice of the following verb:
lectae sumus
First person, plural, perfect, passive