Warm Up On a scratch piece of paper















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Warm Up On a scratch piece of paper give the gender and declension of the following nouns: 1. Ancilla 2. Servus 3. Caecilius 4. Pater 5. Mater 6. Vir 7. femina
Caecilius
Caecilius I. 1 st c. AD II. Pompeii III. Foot of Mt. Vesuvius IV. Bay of Naples V. 10, 000 people VI. Banker VII. Auctioneer, Tax collector, Farmer, and money lender
Caecilius VIII. Inheritance IX. Lucius Caecilius Felix X. Dealt in slaves, cloth, timber and property. Ran a cleaning/dying business, grazed sheep/cattle, collected taxes. XI. Lucius Caecilius Iucundus
Define the following… • Praenomen: first of three names; personal name used by friends and family • Nomen: second of three names; public name used by everyone else. It also designated your clan and social class. • Cognomen: last of the three names. It was a witty name that often designated some sort of characteristic you or your family had.
Identify the following: • Caecilius’ praenomen – Lucius • Caecilius’ nomen – Caecilius • Caecilius’ cognomen – Iucundus
Caecilius XII. Pleasant XIII. 1 -voting; 2 - protected against unjust treatment XIV. No XV. The law protected them from being killed without a good reason.
Metella I. They had more personal freedom II. She was in charge of both the household and the slaves III. 1 -Well organized 2 - firm, but sensitive IV. Magistra will go over V. No VI. Shopping, bathing, worshipping, attending public events, accompanying husband to banquets.
Metella VII. Sometimes VIII. A priestess who was a patroness of the clothworkers and merchants. IX. Inheritance X. Bought the meeting hall for the cloth traders.
Houses I. F III. F IV. F V. V VII. F VIII. V IX. V XI. F XIII. F XIV. F XVI. V XVII. V XIX. F XX. V
Caecilius’ House
Vocabula • • Atrium: Reception Hall Compluvium: hole in ceiling above impluvium Cubiculum: bedroom Culina: kitchen Fauces: entrance hall Hortus: garden Ianua: front door
Vocabula • • • Impluvium: pool for collecting rain water Lararium: family shrine Latrina: bathroom Peristylium: garden courtyard Tablinum: office/study Triclinium: dining room
Vocabula • Villa: Farming Estate • Domus: townhouse • Insula: apartment • The double meaning of the term insula is thus: – An “insula” can mean both an apartment building, or an island. As the picture illustrates, a Roman apartment building was surrounded by streets on all sides, just as an island is surrounded on all sides by water.
Roman House 1. Impluvium 2. Triclinium 3. Tablinum 4. Atrium 5. Cubiculum 6. Summer triclinium 7. Culina 8. Latrina 9. Hortus 10. Fauces