Pompeii and Herc Vocabulary... so far

What was the morning ceremony where clients greeted and attended to their patrons?

• the villace

• lararium

• salutatio

• ingenui call

What was the name of the fishy sauce to the left?

• garum

• insula

• pumice

• sardina

What is a basilica?

• A country house; ranging from large to small.

• Where the fish market existed in the forum.

• A house where Patricians were able to conduct their patron/client relationships.

• Large public building in the forum used for judicial activities (law courts) and business negotiations.

What was the Latin word for street?

• Villa

• Via

• insula

Definition: A household shrine to the gods who protected the home. Sometimes included an image of the head of the household?

• fresco

• peristyle

• lararium

• votive

What is the name of the open-air venue that was used for entertainment in Pompeii? Hint: Look at the image to the left

Answer explanation

Correct answer- ampitheatre

What is the correct definition of 'manumitted'

• To be released from slavery, 'freedmen/women'

• To be appointed in political office (magistrates etc)

• To be banished from the city by the Emperor

• To be brought as a slave and forced into gladiatorial battles.

What is the image to the left an example of

• Oil painting

• Frieze

• Mosaic

• Fresco

What is a patrician?

• The wealthy/nobles of the freeborn men

• A political role within Roman society

• The Emperor's guard.

• The lower class of the freeborn men.

What was the Latin term for the freeborn men and women?

• plebian

• libertas

• ingenui

• servi