Stage 34 Culture Quiz

When a slave was freed he or she automatically became a Roman citizen.

• True

• False: freemen and freewomen had less freedom than other cultures at that time

• False: while citizenship was attainable for freedmen, it was not as attainable for freedwomen

• False: freedmen and women were not able to become Roman citizens.

Freedmen did not possess which of the following rights? (check all that apply)

• To make a will or business agreements

• To become senator or an eques

• to serve in legions

• to vote in elections as long as they were citizens

A ex-slave would take the name of his master as one of his names after he was freed.

• True

• False: Only female ex-slaves took a former master's name

• False: ex-slaves would only have one name: their slave name

• False: All three of an ex-slave's names would be their master's name.

Which of the following was something which might be required of a freedman as his former master's cliens?

• to leave money to his patron in his will.

• to have his children serve his patron.

• to work a certain number of days OR pay him a sum of money each year.

• to attend his patron on public occasions.

Which of following did a patron often do for his libertus cliens?

• to live longer than his libertus cliens

• to free his wife after he frees him

• to pay for a decent funeral if the freedman died first

• to help his former slave to make a start of their new lives

Sometimes the freedman continued to do the same work the same work he did as a slave

• True

• False: The ex-slaves always abhorred their previous work.

• False: It was legally impossible for a master to pay an ex-slave for work

• False: ex-slaves could only work as butlers.

It was often financially worthwhile for a master to free a slave.

• True

• False: having to pay freedmen for their work was often more expensive

• False: freedmen could only freed after long service (and then they retired and no longer worked)

• False: By freeing slave, the master also had to free his family.

Highly skilled or educated freemen often found it easy to make profit because: (check all which apply)

• Their was much demand for their skills

• The government gave freemen a stipend every year

• freeborn Romans often thought such work was beneath them.

• A patronus was legally obligated to support his cliens

Freedmen never became wealthy because of the prejudice of free born Romans.

• True

• False: Freedmen could not become wealthy because they were not able to stand for elections

• False: Many freedmen became very wealthy

• False: a patronus was required to take care of his ex-slave financially

The following opportunities were available only to freedmen and NOT freeborn citizens: (check all which apply)

• To marry whom they chose

• To serve as one of the six seviri Augustali

• To run for consul

• To serve as a liberti Augusali