Basic Beliefs
The religion can be summed up by these words Do ut des. It means this _____________.
What is, "I give so that you give."
Of special importance to the Romans were the household gods, a system of divinities who inhabited nearly every part of the ____________.
What is the home?
This is the highest political position in Ancient Rome.
What is the office of consul?
This is a mid-sized farm with a modest residence.
What is a villa rustica?
Because of the abundance of animals on a farm, farmers needed to reserve a large portion of their land for the growing and storing of their ______________.
What is fodder?
If mortals kept their part of the bargain and did everything the gods expected them to do, the gods would reward them with __________ and _____________.
What are protection and property?
The household gods of the hearth and home.
What are the lares and the penates?
This is the political stepladder.
What is the cursus honorum?
These large farms gradually dominated the farming industry and made the career of farming difficult, if not impossible for small farmers.
What are the latifundia?
These people did most of the work on a farm.
Who are the slaves?
A sequence of actions, gestures, and words performed spoken according to a predetermined procedure.
What is a rite?
It was customary for Romans to have a well-tended _________ dedicated to the lares.
What is a shrine?
Once elected, a __________ was primarily a minister of finance who was responsible for collecting taxes, both in the form of money and in some cases, grain and for depositing the resources in the treasury and the Roman storage houses.
What is a quaestor?
This fermented fish sauce was used throughout the Mediterranean world.
What is garum or liquamen?
Book sellers could be found on this street.
What is the Argiletum?
Rites were performed in this location.
What is outdoors?
The lares were housed in this room of the family home.
What is the atrium or reception hall?
This was not a step in the cursus honorum, but this office made sure that public works, such as roads, bridges, and aqueducts were properly maintained.
What is an aedile?
Produce was sold in a marketplace or _______.
What is a forum?
Many Romans joined the __________ for their profession.
What is the army?
Sacred cakes known as ____________ were made of a special mixture of grain, salt, and water were prepared by Vestal Virgins for private use in sacrifices to the household gods and in public animal sacrifices.
What are mola salsa?
Figure 78 has ____________ making a sacrifice to the spirits that protect his family, represented by two dancing Lares and a snake.
What is the pater familias?
What is a praetor?
In a world without ____________, food that spoiled easily was consumed fresh and could not be transported long distances.
What is refigeration?
Enlisted men served for this period of time.
What are 16-25 years?