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Pompeii and Herculaneum Mega Terminology Quiz!
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Why is Giuseppe Fiorelli important?
He was crucial to conservation techniques in the 20th century
He pioneered ethical excavation practices
He pioneered the plaster cast technique used to preserve the body cavities
He pioneered organising skeletal remains in an ethical manner
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What is a tepidarium?
A hot water room in a bath house
A warm water room in a bath house
A change room in a bath house
A cold water room in a bath house
3
Where does the dining take place within a home?
The culina
The triclinium
The hortus
The peristyle courtyard
4
What does this image show?
The entire entertainment region of Herculaneum
The great theatre and the odeon at Pompeii
The entire entertainment region of Pompeii
The great theatre and the odeon at Herculaneum
5
What is a Caupona?
A fast food shop
A bar / tavern
A laundry
A market stall
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What is a Pistrina?
A metal working shop
A type of private residence
A bakery
A brothel
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What is thermal or fulminant shock?
Immediate death when inhaling toxic gasses
Immediate death when exposed to extremely cold temperatures
Immediate death when hit with falling pummice
Immediate death when exposed to high heat temperatures
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What is a stola?
A religious garment worn by priestesses in sacred rituals
A full length garment pinned at the shoulder with a fibulae
A bandanna
A short garment pinned at the shoulder with a fibulae
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A cubiculum is a.....
kitchen
area of business
bedroom
farming slave
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What is a Thermopolium?
The residence of the Senatorial elite
A fast food shop
A type of fish sauce
A bar
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What is a frigidarium?
A change room in a bath house
A hot water room in a bath house
A cold water room in a bath house
A warm water room in a bath house
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What is a pyroclastic surge?
A low density, turbulent and fast moving cloud of hot ash and rock
A type of Roman blessing
A high density and slow moving cloud of hot ash and rock
The initial explosion once a volcano has erupted
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The Augustales were:
Priests responsible for the worship of Isis
Priests responsible for the worship of Apollo
Priests responsible for the worship of Bacchus
Priests responsible for emperor worship
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What is a Castellum Aquae?
A water tower which filters water to lead pipes
A public water fountain
A sauna room in a bath house
The lead pipes which filter water to locations around the cities
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What is a Caldarium?
Hot water room in a bath house
Warm water room in a bath house
Cold water room in a bath house
Change room in a bath house
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What is the Macellum
Grain and vegetable market found in the Forum at Pompeii
A type of room found within an Atrium style house
A bakery
Meat and fish market found in the Forum at Pompeii
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What was the Forum Holitorium?
A nickname for the House of Julia Felix
The granary located in the Forum at Pompeii
The meat and fish market found in the Forum at Pompeii
The brothel located in the Forum at Herculaneum
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What is this?
Temple of Apollo
Temple of Isis
Temple of Aphrodite
Temple of Bacchus
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The Villa Regina provides evidence for which industries?
Wine and olive oil production
Bread production
It does not provide any evidence of industry
Garum production
20
What is a taberna?
A shop
A fast food shop
A market stall
A brothel
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What is this?
Atrium
Bedroom
Garden
Kitchen
22
What is a Domus?
A house
A shop
A hotel
A barber
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What is a Freedmen or Liberti?
A freed slave
A plebeian woman
A patrician woman
A new slave
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What is a tersorium?
A stick used to unclog a toilet
A stick with a sponge to wipe a booty
A stick with an metal spear to attack an enemy
A stick used for ceremonial purposes within the temple of Isis
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What does the 'Hypocaust System' refer to?
The system of economic exchange which took place in the Forum
The heating system of a bath complex which relied on a furnace
The cooling system of a bath complex which relied on a freezer
The heating system of a public bathroom
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What is this?
A dolium (dolia = plural)
A clay potato
A kylix
An amphora (amphorae = plural)
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What is an Apodyterium?
The furnace room in a bath house
A sauna room in a bath house
The gym area within a bath house
A change room in a bath house
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What is this?
The temple of Isis at Pompeii
The amphitheatre of Herculaneum
The palaestra of Herculaneum
The palaestra of Pompeii
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The Basillica, Curia and Commitium were places in the Forum where......
Administration / political activity took place
Religious worship took place
Gladitorial activity took place
Economic activity took place
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What is an aedile?
A member of the Senatorial elite
A senior magistrate
A pickle
A junior magistrate
31
What is the this?
The basillica of Pompeii
The amphitheatre of Herculaneum
A bath complex
The ampitheatre of Pompeii
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Impluvium VS Compluvium
Basin in the floor VS opening in the roof
Patrician VS plebeian
Opening in the roof VS basin in the floor
Health VS illness
33
What is this?
A shrine to Isis
A larokium
A shrine to an archaic serpent god
A lararium
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What is the Forum?
A type of fungus
The main marketplace within the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum
The military centre of a Roman town
The political, religious, economic and social centre of a Roman town
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Patrician VS Plebeian
Wealthy VS commoner
Commoner VS wealthy
Cat VS dog
Big VS small
36
What is the Mensa Ponderaria?
A standard weigh and measure
A type of seeded mustard
An unstandard weigh and measure
A branch of the Garum industry
37
What is Campania?
The region of Central Italy that Pompeii and Herculaneum are found in
The region of Greece that Pompeii and Herculaneum are found in
The region of Southern Italy that Pompeii and Herculaneum are found in
The region of Northern Italy that Pompeii and Herculaneum are found in
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What is a Lupanar?
A hormonal imbalance suffered by women
A political position
A brothel
A water tower
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What key industry did Aulus Umbricius Scaurus monopolise?
Prostitution
Olive oil production
Garum
Fulleries
40
What is a pyroclastic flow?
A high density, turbulent, fast moving cloud of ash and rock
A type of Roman blessing
The initial eruption of a volcano
A dense and slow moving avalanche of molten rock, pumice and gases
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What is a fresco?
A terracotta lamp
A painting made on wet plaster
A fresh seafood buffet
A scultpure
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What is a tunic?
A sacred religious outfit worn by priests in ritual
A long sleeve garment pinned at the shoulders that was ankle length
A bandanna
A short sleeve garment pinned at the shoulders that was around knee length
43
What is the Ordo Decurionum?
The town council
A main road
The partnership between aediles and duumvirs
A type of commemorative arch
44
What were the penates?
Protective spirits of the family
A type of virus
Protective spirits of the households food supplies
Protective spirits from the underworld
45
Marcus Nonius Balbus is an example of:
A key figure in the garum industry
A reputable baker in Pompeii
A patron-client relationship
A client-patron relationship
46
Which main via (road) runs from south to the north in the city of Pompeii?
Via Stabiana
Via Harrius Potteranius
Via Dell' Abbondanza
Via decumani
47
What were the Lares?
Protective spirits of the household
Protective spirit of the paterfamilias
Protective spirits of the towns
Protective spirits of the food
48
What is a Duumvir?
A senior magistrate
A junior magistrate
A member of the Balbus family
A type of chicken dish
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What is a Fullery?
A bakery
A water fountain
A laundry
A bar
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What are Insulae?
Blocks of volcanic brick used to make housing
Stacks of dolia filled with food and liquids
Blocks of bakeries located within a region of a city
Blocks / areas within a Roman city
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What is a Nymphaeum?
A public water fountain
A private bath house
A public toilet
A fish and meat market
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Who is the Paterfamilias?
The patron god of a city
The female head of the family / household
The male head of the family / the household
A family's most important household slave
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What are pilae stacks?
Bricks which hold up the floor of temples such as that of Isis
Bricks which hold up the floor of villas
Bricks which hold up the floor of bath houses
Bricks which hold up the floor of an amphitheatre
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Which main via (road) runs from east to west in the city of Pompeii?
Via Stabiana
Via Dell' Abbondanza
Via Dell' Alfonso
Via Decumanios
