Phases of Rule
These are the phases of Roman Rule is chronological order (oldest to most recent).
What are monarchy, republic, and empire?
The Latin words that refer to public holidays.
What are dies festi?
The Latin term for Roman calendar.
What is "fasti"?
Despite its name, this place in Ancient Rome featured chariot racing rather than a big top tent or trapeze artists.
What is a Circus / Circus Maximus?
The emperor would sit here so that people could see him and his "generosity."
What is the pulvinar?
This person was responsible for overthrowing the monarchy in 509 B.C.
Junius Brutus
Another Latin term for "ludi" that connects the games to fact that wealthy people payed for the games as GIFTS to the public.
What is "munera"?
This is the Latin term for the Festival specifically for the common people of Rome.
What is "plebeii"?
This is the LATIN term for "starting gates."
What is carceres?
The pulvinar was on this side of the Circus Maximus.
What is the Palatine side?
These are the FIRST and LAST kings of the Roman monarch (in the correct order).
Who are Romulus and Tarquin the Proud.
Romans had about 80 days off every year under this particular Emperor.
Who is (Emperor) Nero?
This is the Latin name for the festival celebrating the fertility of spring.
What is "Florales"?
The LATIN term for the white cloth thrown by presinding magistrate to signal the start of the chariot race.
What is mappa?
This is the LATIN TERM for where spectators could buy food, drinks, etc. here at the Circus Maximus.
What are tabernae?
The Latin word for chief priest.
What is pontifex maximus?
These games taking place about every 100 years or so were free for all spectators and were mostly paid for by the state.
What are ludi saeculares?
Look at the stone slab artifact of a Roman calendar. This is what the area outlined by the big rectangle on the left represents.
What is the date?
This is the amount of spectators that could fit in the Circus Maximus.
What is 150,000?
The altar to the god Consus was kept underground. Consus was the god of these two things.
What are fertility and horses?
The Latin WORDS represented in the abbreviation S.P.Q.R.
What are Senatus PopulusQue Romanus?
The fancy name for a parade that is organized and moved in a formal, orderly, or ceremonial manner.
What is/are procession(s)?
Look at the stone slab artifact of a Roman calendar. This is what the letters NP represent.
What is a public holiday?
Also known as the spīna, this part of the Circus Maximus acted as a crash barrier.
What is the euripus?
There are the three levels of the cavea and these are the materials and/or purposes for each one.
The first tier was stone. The second tier was wood. The third tier was probably only for standing.