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Rome and archaeology
History
Question | Answer |
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What is a primary source? | Primary sources are things that survived from the time being |
What does biased mean? | Biased means unfairly one sided |
What is an archive? | An archive is a place that houses written documents |
What is prehistory? | Prehistory is the time before writing was invented |
Name one way of dating artefacts | Stratigraphy, carbon dating , pollen analysis |
What is an artefact? | An artefact is anything that has been made or used by people |
Name at least three tools archaeologists use | Trowel,brush,buckets,toothbrushes, sieves |
What does AD stand for? | Anno domini |
What is the circus maximum? | The circus maximus was the stadium for chariot racing |
What was the forum? | The forum was the main marketplace |
What was the aqueduct? | Aqueducts were bridge like structures that carried water into the city |
What was the colluseum? | The colluseum was the greatest amphitheater in the Roman Empire |
What would men in the roman empire wear ? | They wore knee-length tunics. Only men who were roman citizens could wear togas that looked like long white sheets. |
What would women in the roman empire wear? | They wore long white tunics called stolas and when going out the would wear a shawl called a Palla |
What is a cena? | The evening meal in ancient Rome |
What is an insulae? | An insular is a poorly built apartment block |
What is an atrium? | An atrium is a rectangular area in a Roman home containing a shallow pool |
What is the peristylium? | The peristylium was a shaded garden or patio area |
Who was a patrician? | Rich ruling class Romans were called patricians |
What is the dole? | The dole is money umeployed people get from the government |
when was Julius Ceaser killed? | 44bc |
who were tanners? | Tanners made leather from animal skin |
what was the most popular pastime of Rome? | chariot racing |
how many people could the Cicus Maximus hold? | quarter of a million people |
what is a Tepidarium? | a tepidarium is a warm room |
what is a caldarium? | a caldarium is a hot room |
what is a frigidarium? | a frigidarium is a cold room |
what was a Ludus? | a ludus was a primary school |
what was a grammar school? | a grammar was a secondary school |
the year in wich Jesus Christ was born in is often reffered to as? | year one |