Question | Answer |
What are the metae? | turning posts |
What are the carceres? | starting gates |
What letters go in front of the personal endings of words that happened in the past? | ba |
Translate the sentence: Lucius in cubiculo dormiebat. | Lucius was sleeping in the bedroom. |
Hodie or Heri: clamabatis in Circo, Luci et Publi | Heri |
Hodie or Heri: Publius et Lucius aurigam spectant. | Hodie |
Translate: Ad Circum ambulabant. | They were walking to the circus. |
What is the direct object in the sentence:Discupli fabulam scribunt. | fabulam |
What is the subject in the sentence: Discupli fabulam scribunt. | discipuli |
What is the verb in the sentence: Discupli fabulam scribunt. | scribunt |
Translate the sentence: Discupli fabulam scribunt. | The students write a story. |
What was at the Baths? (6) | There was a gym, gardens, a swimming pool, restaurants, libraries, and open wrestling grounds. |
What did people do at the Baths? (6) | They talked, exercised, planned business deals, arranged dinner parties, played sports, and relaxed. |
What were Roman students taught in school? | arithmetic, writing, and reading. |
When did school begin for Romans? | Began in March |
What time did school start and end? | It started shortly after daybreak and lasted six hours. |
What did Roman students write on? | wax tablets (cerae) |
What did the Roman students write with? | pencil (stilus) |
How were books written? | by hand |
What was paper made of? | papyrus |
What did Roman children use to learn and practice basic arithmetic? | abacus |
What was the story about with Rufus the charioteer? | Rufus was a charioteer who fell of his chariot and had to get checked out by a doctor. He was fine. |
What was the story about with Claudia and the rings? | Claudia was getting married to she went to Quintus, the ringmaker, to buy a wedding ring. However she was very picky. For one ring she said it was too small and for another ring it wasn't pretty. She finally found a ruby ring that was big and beautiful. |