Endings
-o
Present tense of I
Which man was banished to eternally roll a large boulder up a hill everyday as their punishment?
Sisyphus
What is the caldarium?
A heated room in the baths.
What is the curia?
The senate house.
What festival was held in December in honor of the God Saturn?
Saturnalia.
-bamus
Imperfect tense of we
Who were the Goddesses present at the Judgement of Paris?
Hera, Athena, Aphrodite/ Juno, Minerva, Venus
What is the frigidarium?
The coldest room in the baths, furthest away from the caldarium.
What is the basilica?
Where lawyers would plead their cases in front of large audiences/merchants and bankers negotiated business.
What festival was celebrated in June in honor of the Goddess Vesta?
Vestalia
-erant
pluperfect tense of erant
Who served his own son as food at a banquet with the Gods?
Tantalus
What is the tepidarium?
The room adjacent to the caldarium. It is still warm from being next to the caldarium.
What is the miliarium aureum?
A golden milestone
What festival was celebrated in honor of the sacredness of marriage and motherhood?
Matronalia.
-istis
Perfect tense of y'all
Which mortal did Zeus transform into a Goddess?
Psyche (Goddess of the Soul).
What is the strigilis?
A tool for cleansing dirt/dead skin off the back.
How many imperial foras were there?
5
What festival honored the passed spirits of ancestors?
Parentalia.
passive form he/she/it
Who killed himself to reunite with his lover in the afterlife?
Orpheus.
What is the apodyterium?
The changing room/locker room.
What is the rostra?
A platform where public speeches took place.
What festival was celebrated in February and involved purification rituals?
Lupercalia