Investigating the Ancient Past/Human Remains
Define 'primary source'.
Something created during the time period being studied.
Name two events that made up the Roman games.
eg Gladiator battles, chariot racing, naumachia, beast hunts
Persepolis was burned down by this historical figure in 330 BCE.
Alexander the Great
This Greek goddess was worshipped as the goddess of wisdom, warfare, and weaving.
Athena
The name of the priestesses who watched over the sacred flame.
Vestal Virgin
This technique uses layers of soil to understand the chronological sequence of historical sites.
Stratigraphy
Which held more people, the Circus Maximus or the Colosseum?
The Circus Maximus
Persepolis was the ceremonial capital of this ancient empire.
Archaemenid Empire
'Oikos' is the ancient Greek word for which place that women were allowed?
Household
Who or what was the paterfamilias?
The eldest male in the family and head of the household.
During what Age did Otzi live?
The Copper Age
Which Roman emperor fought as a gladiator?
Commodus
Name THREE buildings at Persepolis.
eg Apadana, treasury, Hall of 100 Columns, Palace of Xerxes
According to Aristotle, how much of Spartan property was owned by women?
Two-fifths
Name Augustus's wife and daughter.
Livia and Julia the Elder.
Name the moss that preserves human remains in the peat bogs.
Sphnagnam
Name THREE different types of gladiators.
eg Retarius, bustiarii, secutor, eques, murmillo, hoplomachus
This event was hosted annually at Persepolis, where subjects from across the empire brought tributes to the king.
Now Ruz (New Years Festival)
What was the name of the high priestess at the Oracle of Delphi?
Pythia
This trade route connected China with the Mediterranean, facilitating the exchange of goods like silk, spices, and ideas.
Silk Road
This famous bog body, discovered in Denmark in 1950, is known for his exceptionally well-preserved face and leather cap.
Tollund Man
Name FOUR offices of the cursus honorum.
eg censor, consul, dictator, quaestor, aedile, praetor.
Name the five capital cities of the Archaemenid Empire
Persepolis, Susa, Babylon, Parsagadae, Ecbatana
Name the first woman victorious at the Olympic games and how she achieved it.
Kynisca of Sparta owned and trained a four-horse chariot that was victorious.
Name the TWO influential women in Pompeii who are evidence of the economic and religious role that women could play in Roman society.
Julia Felix and Eumachia.