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Books and Book Selling
Vocab
People
Misc.
100
The street where most booksellers had their shops
What is Argilentum
100
Where Roman writers recited their work to their friends and patron
What is recitatio
100
The most famous educator and orator
What is Quintilian
100
Latin literature is intended to be read in this way
What is out loud
200
The price of a small book
What is 5 sesterces
200
Made copies of the author's books to distribute among his friends
What is liberarii
200
Wrote the Ars Armatoria
What is Ovid
200
Latin literature reached the wide public: thousands of people saw these performed in the theater
What is comic plays of Plautus
300
the price of a deluxe edition of a book
What is 20 sesterces
300
The booksellers, whose slaves would make a number of copies of the books for sale to the public
What is bibliopolae
300
Appointed Quintilian instructor of rhetoric
What is Vespasian
300
Latin literature is intended for this group of people
What is a highly educated group of readers
400
All money from th sales of the books belonged to this person
What is the bookseller
400
Reason an author wrote books for the public
What is dignitas
400
Emperor greatly offended by the Ars Armatoria
Who is Augustus
400
Most important difference between lain and modern literature
What is latin is intended to be read out loud
500
Location of Argiletum, where most books were sold
What is Forum Romanum and Subura
500
Gave roman authors thorough training and taught them to express themselves persuasively and artistically.
What is rhetor
500
Helped and encouraged Vergil and Horace
What is Maecenas
500
Latin literature can be compared to this for the way it has to be read
What is a sheet of music