Latin Level 1, Unit 9: Roman Daily Life and Culture. Core vocabulary, forms, and short example sentences for this unit. Front: the Latin word or form. Back: English meaning (brief grammatical note in parentheses where useful, e.g. case or conjugation).
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- What Roman garment, a large draped cloth, was worn by adult male citizens as a symbol of citizenship?
- The toga
- What term describes the central courtyard, open to the sky, found in a Roman house?
- The atrium
- What was the main meal of the day for Romans, typically eaten in the late afternoon?
- Cena
- What Roman public building served as a center for business, legal, and civic activity?
- The basilica
- What large Roman public entertainment venue hosted gladiator fights and other spectacles?
- The amphitheater (such as the Colosseum)
- What Roman public space served as the center of political, religious, and commercial life?
- The forum
- What did Romans call their public bathing complexes, which also served as social gathering places?
- Thermae (the baths)
- What Roman social class comprised wealthy landowning aristocrats?
- The patricians
- What Roman social class comprised the common citizens?
- The plebeians
- What was the status of a person owned by another and forced to work without freedom in Rome?
- A slave (servus)
- What Roman educational figure taught reading, writing, and arithmetic to young children?
- The litterator (elementary teacher)
- What was the Roman system of arranged, formal marriage typically called?
- Matrimonium
- What Roman deity was the head of the pantheon, king of the gods?
- Jupiter
- What Roman religious practice involved offerings made to household gods called the Lares and Penates?
- Domestic (household) worship
- What Roman garment did married women typically wear, worn over a tunic?
- The stola
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