Rome Crossword

A Rome crossword on the Roman family (Paterfamilias and wife), Society (Cena and slavery) , Education (system, stages etc), Roman religion and Sport (amphitheatres and chariot racing).

(Note: my spellings may be wrong and if you try again there should be different stuff)

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  • Created by: Ash
  • Created on: 14-06-17 15:08
Revered Roman god of War
Mars
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Main dinner party room with 3 couches
Triclinium
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Roman term for a slave tutor
Paedogogus
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Gladiator who relied on skill and quickness
Retarius
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Priest in a sacrificial ceremony kills and disembowels the animal
Victimarius
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A way the military acquired slaves for Rome
Conquest
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Religious head of a family
Paterfamilias
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Main roman sport vehicles
Chariots
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Couldn't vote and managed the Roman household
Wife
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Roman currency
Denarii
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Literary work recited in an intellectual dinner party
Poetry
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Term for a Roman dinner party
Cena
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Breed animal symbol for Diana
Hound
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Goddess of the hearth/warmth in home
Vesta
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Teacher of the 3rd stage of roman education, reserved for the elite
Rhetor
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Member of an upper-class family
Patrician
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Member of an "ordinary" class family
Plebeian
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Main room in a temple
Cella
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Sat in the imperial box in colosseum
Emperor
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Motherhood was dangerous in Rome due to high infant mor______
Mortality
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Paterfamilias would arrange his daughter's ....
Marriage
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Term for ex-slaves
Freedmen
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Well-known amphitheatre with seating for approx. 50,000
Colosseum
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Roman children were first taught at this age (number in letters)
Seven
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Priest who examined sacrificed animal innards for omens
Haruspex
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God with symbol of basket of flowers and fruit and a sceptre
Ceres
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Circus Maximus had seating for approx. _______ of a million
Quarter
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had no political rights and couldn't marry or own property
Slaves
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In a Cena, most meals had 3 .....
Courses
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Gladiator type most similar to myrmillo
Secutor
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These where what the 4 chariot racing teams were called
Colours
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Gladiator who fought animals
Bestarius
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Household shrine
Lararium
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Prophecy God
Apollo
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God of Horses
Neptune
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Pomegranate was a symbol of this god
Pluto
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Typically, most stronger slaves worked here in bad conditions
Mines
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In chariot racing, deliberate fouling was ....
Allowed
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In chariot racing, most accidents happened turning round here
Metae
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Teacher of the 2nd stage of Roman education
Grammaticus
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In a Cena, this was the course that had fruits, nuts and sweet cakks
Dessert
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A family would try to better their fortune and appease the gods via .....
Sacrifice
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Giving birth in Rome was dangerous due to high chance of in_______
Infection
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Other cards in this set

Card 2

Front

Main dinner party room with 3 couches

Back

Triclinium

Card 3

Front

Roman term for a slave tutor

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

Gladiator who relied on skill and quickness

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

Priest in a sacrificial ceremony kills and disembowels the animal

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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