City of Rome revision quiz

What was the Basilica Aemilia used for?

• platform to deliver speeches

• lawcourt

• bank

• government building

What was the Basilica Julia for?

• prison

• lawcourts

• bank

• platform for politicians from which to make speeches

What were the three functions of the forum?

• Administrative

• Political

• Religious

• Commercial

What did the Forum Boarium specialise in selling?

• spices

• cattle

• meat

• oils

Which two temples were found in the Forum Boarium

• Temple of Jupiter

• Capitolium

• Temple of Hercules Victor

• Temple of Portunus

Which forum had the most impressive market?

• Trajan's forum

• Forum Boarium

• Forum Romanum

Why do emperors construct fora?

• generosity

• to show off wealth and power

• popular demand from citizens

What was the Rostra?

• government building

• a place from which to deliver political speeches

• the road for the religious processions

• the lawcourt

Which was the most important building on the Capitoline Hill?

• Temple to Jupiter

• domus aurea

• Temple of Vesta

• Capitolium

Which author commented on the risk of fire and collapsing of insulae

• Martial

• Cicero

• Juvenal

• Tacitus