Mosaics/Women
What were the tesserae?
The small stones in the mosaic
Who usually worked in the mines?
Slaves/Poor People
What was the dining room called?
Triclinium
Name of the appetizer course in Banquets
Gustatio
The payment a father gets for marrying off his daughter?
Dowry
2 common mosaic themes?
Mythology and geometric patterns
Define Mountain Collapsing
Blowing up the whole mountain to get the gold from underneath.
Topiarius
Slave in charge of pruning the bushes.
Name of the third course in a Roman Banquet
Mensae Secundae
Name of the orange veil worn by the bride.
Flammeum
This woman took her own life after being assaulted by Tarquinius Superbus
Lucretia
Define Sluicing
Shifting the gold out of the silt and mud from a water runway.
What was an exedra?
a small garden room used for entertain guest
What is lunch called?
Prandium
Were the Kalends, nonnes,and ides lucky or unluck days to get married?
Unlucky
This woman was criticized for dancing too much that it took her away from her household duties
Sempronia
Define Draining the Mines
Building Aqueducts in the tunnel to drain the water out of it.
Why were snails kept in the gardens?
They were a delicacy
The Latin word for dinner party
Convivium
The raptio in a wedding was a symbol for this event in Roman history
The Sabine women
This woman had an incestuous relationship with her brother who then sent her into exile
Agrippina
Mountain collapsing in Latin
Ruina Montium
What is the latifundia?
Adjoining farms the a larger family owns.
Latin word for Napkin
Mappae
Which Roman emperor introduced marriage laws to punish adultery as a crime?
Augustus