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LATIN THINGS TO KNOW

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What was an exercise area called?   Palestra  
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Changing room called?   Apodyterium  
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A body scraper?   Strigil  
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Outdoor swimming pools?   Natationes  
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Room to cool off in?   Frigidarium  
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Bathing complex?   Thermae  
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Warm Room and water?   Tepidarium  
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Heating system?   Hypocaust  
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Hot room; hot water?   Calidarium  
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Private baths?   Balnea  
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Mappa is used for what?   Start a race.  
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What sport had mized gender viewing?   Chariot racing  
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How did you recognize a team?   By color.  
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Number of laps in a race?   VII  
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Seating capacity of Roman Circus?   1/4 million  
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Who could be a charioteer?   Slaves  
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Ludi were originally?   Munera  
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Colesseum was called   Flavian Amphitheatre  
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What is a "police verso"?   Thumb turned down  
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Who attended the ludi?   Everyone - all classes  
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What did gladiators say to salute?   Nos morituri te salutamus  
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Who were gladiators mostly?   Untrained slaves/criminals  
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Where could you see a sea battle in Rome?   Colosseum  
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Where did name colosseum come?   Statue of Nero  
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Who was defeated at philippi?   Brutus  
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Who was the uncle of octavian?   Julius Caesar  
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Who had a daughter named Tullia?   Cicero  
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Name the 1st Triumvirate   Caesar, Pompey, Crassus  
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Who was "Pater Patriae?"   Cicero  
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What race was superstitious?   Roman  
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Boys/girls ready for what at 12/14?   Marriage  
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What was easy for a man/woman to get but you had to marry 1st?   Divorce  
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How many Balnea were in Rome?   900  
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Romans bathed when?   Daily  
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Describe a "toga virilis"   Plain white adult  
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Describe an educated Roman   Know Latin/Greek/Oratory  
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Where did a Roman go to college?   Greece  
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A greek agora = a Roman?   Forum  
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Romans borrowed from Greeks in?   Religion, philosophy, math, architecture.  
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