CLST 103 Chapter 5 Exam Questions and Answers Rated A+

CLST 103 Chapter 5 Exam Questions and Answers Rated A+ Two ways to understand Rome as a city - Answers 1) Roman society, culture, and civilization were urban 2) Rome cannot be understood without taking the country into full account Popular vacation times - Answers During the summer for the ludi Romani. Either to watch/attend the games or to escape the crowds Bay of Naples - Answers Bay near Mt. Vesuvius, with towns Neapolis, Baiae, etc. Popular vacation retreat for the wealthy Spring time (for travelling) - Answers - season to visit your hometown - visit a country house - go to a seaside resort town touring seasons - Answers August-October March-April Working Seasons - Answers November-February May-July sailing season - Answers April-September attracted large amounts of skilled and casual labour harvest - Answers July attracted workers out of the city and into the countryside country life - Answers - wealthy moved between Rome and the countryside very often - not too far from the city Special days during the month - Answers Kalends (1st) Nones (5th/7th) Ides (13th/15th) Nundinae (9th - when markets were held) Nundinae - Answers The ninth day -- aka market day. Important to the countryside as many agricultural products were brought in and sold Parilia - Answers a festival of rural character performed annually on April 21, in honor of Rome's birthday, aimed at cleansing both sheep and shepherd. Parilia and Ludi Romani - Answers festivals that reflect the cycle of tasks in the year of agriculturalists agriculture - Answers constantly working, except during the summer droughts Feriae Latinae - Answers - During April that marked the beginning of the fighting season. - Concluded with the Ludi Romani at the end of summer. - took place on the highest summit of the Alban Hills, away from Rome - allowed the city to form bonds with outsiders Violence in Daily life - Answers - many squabbles between countryside dwellers who were not above murder to protect their interests - crowds and mobs in the city were prominent - Tarpeian rock -- beside the Senate house where criminals were pushed off of - many casual attacks, especially during the night Relationship with slaves - Answers - low life expectancy from lots of physical labour - the master's property city of slaves - Answers City with a high number of wealthy families Patron and dependent - Answers - a client who gives the patron labor instead of money - less overworked than a slave - bound to the patron until he can buy his patron with money or work Work contracts - Answers - short term - valuable - if unable to be a client, found more manual labour - most buildings were built under these contracts Salutatio - Answers - daily attendance of greeting a patron in the morning - in the hopes of receiving extra funds - meant that civilities were highly valued (literally) ludi - Answers - the games - part of the pay-off for dependence - small taste of what the rich permanently enjoyed (entertainment, games, hot water and fine oil) commoda - Answers "perks" enjoyed by the wealthy. Example: Breakfast grain handouts in Rome - Answers - sign of people's dependence - gave people of Rome a hierarchical standing above the rest of the Empire bread - Answers - grown in Egypt - arrived seasonally - used to demonstrate how Roman luxuries were on the whim of a superior Meals in Rome - Answers Shaped the day, but breakfast was never guarenteed Parandium - Answers first meal of the day banquets - Answers - used to express community - lower status groups were dependent on upper class citizens for food public banquets - Answers - impressive - affordable food and drinks for everyone Rome Trading - Answers - a lot done by sea - all produce and agriculture paid tribute to the Roman Empire helped it expand - Tiber is very important in trade - placed their power in the Mediterranean Ethnicity - Answers - not defined by geographical location (because everyone was so spread out) - defined by cultural practices - tendency towards inclusiveness regardless of ethnicity city economics - Answers - much more prominent in the city - didn't barter in the city like they might in the country - could accumulate money through bribes, windfalls, theft - ambitious and turbulent peculium - Answers free gift from masters allowing slaves to utilize resources for investments and eventually purchase freedom by purchasing a younger replacement for themselves Roman taverns - Answers - representation of a privileged city - not the same way we think of taverns taberna - Answers units in which economic life of the urban populace went on dependents with dependents - Answers some slaves could have dependents of their own, especially if they worked for very important figures. Could have at least a dozen dependents. These positions were envied by most free people. Shipping in Rome - Answers - usually represented a brief change in population - most people travelled on ships in groups slavery as a reason for mobility - Answers - slave trade maintained cosmopolitan atmosphere of Rome - some people opted for slavery to create new opportunities for themselves Epictetus - Answers Freedman of Epaphroditus and famous stoic philosopher who said that opinions disturbed men more than facts of reality slaves of ex-slaves of an emperor - Answers - access to the pinnacles of wealth - still subject to dangers of slavery writing in rome - Answers - over 50 000 inscriptions have survived to us - even illiterate people were involved in writing somehow - city of lists and rosters - book-keeping did not require great levels of intelligence - omitted information about less well off citizens (slaves and low class citizens) Roman cults - Answers - inspired by the nations it conquered - gods of the enemies joined their ranks - used the gods as a way to cement their relationship with new citizens - every corner in Rome had its own shrine