Chs. 1 & 2 - Rome and the Subura
Home to characters like Sabina and Catia, this was the most famous neighborhood in Ancient Rome.
What is [the] Subura?
These public games were often funded by munera, or gifts, from wealthy Romans.
What are ludi?
A visit to one of these was a part of many Romans' daily routines, which may have involved poetry readings, concerts, and wrestling in addition to getting clean.
What are thermae/balnea?
This Thracian slave escaped from a gladiator school in Capua and led a revolt that resulted in 6,000 slaves getting crucified along the Appian Way.
Who is Spartacus?
The Romans founded this city in 50 CE on the banks of the Tamesis and it soon overtook the original capital of Camulodunum in importance.
What is Londinium?
By far, the largest group of people in Rome were in this economic class.
What are slaves?
Chariot races in Rome occurred at this stadium, where 150,000 spectators could watch racers go around the track.
What is the Circus Maximus?
A visit to Roman baths would typically start in this room, filled with room-temperature water.
What is the tepidarium?
The worst conditions for slaves were in these workplaces, which, like today, were dimly lit, poorly ventilated, and full of falling rocks.
What are mines?
The inhabitants of pre-Roman Britannia were part of this wider linguistic and cultural group that at one point spanned from modern-day Portugal to Romania.
Who are the Celts?
Most Romans lived in one of these, who shared a name with the word for "Island".
What are insulae?
These household gods were worshipped at a family altar and during meals, often represented in small statues.
What are the [di] lares and penates?
Water travelled to Rome on aqueducts and into this lead-lined sewer, parts of which are still used today.
What is the Cloaca Maxima?
Slaves who did this and were caught might be branded and forced to wear a collar for the rest of their lives.
What is running away/escaping?
The Romans accused these priests of practicing human sacrifice, but they played important roles in British society as judges, teachers, and religious leaders.
Who are the druids?
The Basilica Julia, Shrine of Vesta, and the Curia could all be found in this place in Rome, an open square in the center of the city.
What is the Roman Forum/Forum Romanum?
These priestesses were buried underground if they were found to have broken their vows.
Who were the Vestal Virgins?
Emperor Nero put a tax on buyers of this substance, which was used for cleaning clothes, preparing wool, and brushing teeth.
What is urine?
Slaves could receive this upon their master's death or by buying it through saving up small gifts, though how often slave owners could do this came to be regulated by law.
What is manumission?
Rome finally conquered Britain under the rule of this emperor in 43 CE, who personally accompanied the invading force along with some elephants.
Who is Claudius?
Emperor Augustus erected this column in Rome that marked the start of all roads out of Rome and distances to different places in the empire.
What was the Golden Milestone/Miliarium Aureum?
Though they did not have weekends like we do, Romans had over 80 of these every year, when work was prohibited and religious festivals and games were held.
What are dies fasti?
This philosopher lived above the baths at Baiae and complained of the din caused by lads working out, cheap massages, and hair-pluckers.
Who was Seneca [the Younger]?
Children of female slaves were known by this word and were considered property of the slave-owners.
What are vernae?
After her husband died and split his kingdom between his daughters and the Romans, Emperor Nero annexed it all anyway. So, she started a revolt that almost caused Nero to abandon Britain.
Who is Boudicca?