Daily Life in the Roman Empire Vocabulary

What is a forum?

• the place where plebeians buy food from farmers.
• the center of most of the important public activities of the city Rome and its empire
• a place where patricians go to bathe.
• a clay tablet that Romans used to write

What does "accompanied" mean?

• to give someone your business
• to assist someone in a time of war
• to drain a farm using a cuniculus
• to join someone in going somewhere

What does the word rule of law mean?

• It means that people should not follow the rules of law
• It means that people should live according to a set of agreed-upon laws
• It means that rules and laws are different.
• It means that laws only apply to some people

Ultimate means ...

• the worst
• to switch between things
• something that cannot be outdone
• to think about something for a long period of time.

Paterfamilias are ... 

• families that wear togas.
• families that all worship the same Gods.
• the oldest female of the Roman household, her words were laws for the family
• the oldest male of a Roman household; his word was law for the family

Leisure means ...

• to convulse on the ground uncontrollably.
• to swing in a hammock.
• Roman families who are destined to be Senators.
• time spent away from work.

The Colosseum was ...

• a large Roman stadium primarily used for chariot races
  
• a marble temple used to pray to the Gods.
• a place where priests would look for signs about the future from birds
• a large arena in Rome where gladiator contests and other games and sporting events were held

The Circus Maximus ...

• A large Roman stadium used for gladiator fights
• an area where Romans drained excess water
• a large Roman stadium primarily used for chariot races
  
• A place where Romans held the first circus.

What are estates?

• land in the country that usually has a large house on it
• a territory that makes its own rules and collects their own taxes
• a type of house that has was built to maximize air flow 
• a place where Romans went to pay their taxes.