Reading & Vocab
Sabina dormire non potest.
Sabina is not able to sleep.
Rufina dormire vult.
dormire - to sleep
Nemo te videre potest!
potest - is able, can
ego intrare volo!
volo = I want
How was water brought to the baths?
aqueduct
"nos omnes dormire volumus!"
we all want to sleep!
Manius surgere temptat.
surgere - to stand up
me adiuvare potes?
potes - you are able, you can
senator pecuniam habere vult
vult - wants
How were Roman baths heated?
2. hot air circulated in space under the floor
3. Water (bath and also a tank) was heated from furnace
"can you be quiet?"
Rufine ridere cupit
ridere - to laugh
nos amici sumus
sumus - we are
Tu manere non vis?
non vis = you don't want?
Name 3 things Romans might have done in Roman baths
-washing
-socializing
-exercising (ball games, wrestling)
-concerts/poetry
-buy food or drink
-relax w/ friends
Sabina and Celer flee.
ego pugnare non possum
pugnare - to fight
custodes audire possunt
possunt - (they) are able, can
nos in insula habitare nolumus
nolumus - we do not want
Name 1 room of a Roman bath and what it was used for
apodyterium--changing room
frigidarium--cold plunge
caldarium--hot bath/place for cleaning with oil and strigil
laconicum--very hot/dry sauna room
pater pecuniam dare non vult.
father does not want to give money.
amici Lucilium videre non possunt
videre - to see
es - you are
vos in Subura habitare vultis!
vultis - you (plural) want
Describe a Roman latrina (at least 2 details)
-communal/low privacy
-holes on stone benches
-waste carried by water into a sewer
-sponge on a stick