Stages 5-8 Culture Review Bold Terms

Match the following

• stage

• scaena

• popular actor

• Actius

• building back drop behind stage

• pantomime

• mixture of opera and ballet

• scaena frons

Match the following

• freedman, ex-slave

• cavea

• freeing of a slave

• libertus

• lmaster

• dominus

• semi-circular seating area

• orchestra

• horseshoe-shaped seating for important officials

• manumissio

Match the following

• patron (dominus is a patron)

• mitto

• freedwoman

• cliens

• hand

• liberta

• send

• patronus

• client (liberti become clientes of former dominus)

• manus

Match the following

• trumpet - sounded at the beginning of the gladiatorial games

• retiarius

• the girls' heartthtrob

• bestiarius

• carried sword, shield and wore helmet with crest shaped like a fish

• tuba

• carried net and trident

• murmillo

• beast fighter

• suspirium puellarum

Match the following

• gladiator trainer

• lanista

• net

• venatio

• wild animals

• bestiae

• hunt of wild animals

• retia