Social Structure
This group formed the social and political elite and could hold political office.
Who were freeborn men?
The people's assembly of Pompeii was known by this name.
What is the Comitium?
The most common style of Pompeian house was called this.
What is a domus (atrium house)?
Romans loved this fermented fish sauce.
What is garum?
Pompeii's patron goddess was this Roman deity.
Who is Venus?
Freed slaves who often became wealthy business owners were known by this term.
Who were liberti?
These two senior magistrates governed Pompeii each year.
Who were the duumviri?
This opening in the roof allowed light and rainwater into the house.
What is the compluvium?
Ready-made food was commonly sold at establishments called these.
What are thermopolia?
Household guardian gods worshipped in family shrines were called these.
Who were the Lares?
Approximately this percentage of Pompeii's population were slaves.
What was 40%?
This council of around 100 members made laws and governed the city.
What was the ordo decurionum?
The pool in the atrium that collected rainwater was called this.
What is the impluvium?
This Roman heating system warmed bathhouses from beneath the floors.
What is a hypocaust?
Wealthy freedmen could gain status through this priesthood of the imperial cult.
What were the Augustales?
Although they could own property and run businesses, these people could not hold formal political office.
Who were freeborn women?
To qualify for political office, a person had to be male, freeborn, over this age.
What is 25 years?
The garden courtyard surrounded by columns
What is a peristyle?
The branch aqueduct supplying Pompeii during the imperial period was called this.
What is the Serinum Aqueduct?
This foreign cult, popular with women and freed slaves, centred on an Egyptian goddess.
What was the Cult of Isis?
This influential woman funded a major building in the Forum and came from a wealthy family involved in brickmaking and vineyards.
Who was Eumachia?
Marcus Nonius Balbus gained fame in Herculaneum as this type of figure.
What was a benefactor (or patron/public benefactor)?
This famous Herculaneum villa contained around 1,800 carbonised scrolls.
What is the Villa of the Papyri?
According to Dr Estelle Lazer's research, the average height of Pompeian men was approximately this many centimetres.
What is 167cm?
This Pompeian heiress owned a vast estate containing baths, shops, apartments and a shrine to Isis, making it an important source for understanding elite female status.
Who was Julia Felix?