OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation Roman City Life overview quiz quiz

The kitchen, where slaves prepared meals over a charcoal hearth at the rear of the house

The master's private bedroom, the most secluded and richly decorated room of the whole house

The cramped quarters at the back where the household's slaves slept and stored their few belongings

The grand entrance hall, with an opening in the roof and a pool below

In an insula (apartment block)

In a domus (a large private townhouse)

In a country villa on a rural estate

In the forum at the centre of the city

A household god worshipped at the family shrine every single morning

The oldest living male, who held legal authority over the family

A hired family tutor who taught the children their lessons

A type of Roman priest who led sacrifices at public temples

The twelve Olympian gods

The Titans of the underworld

The Lares and Penates

The nine Muses of the arts

A Roman religious festival held in honour of the dead

A type of tax paid by owners on each enslaved person

A school where enslaved children were trained for work

The freeing of an enslaved person by their owner

Duties and respect, as the former owner became their patron

Nothing at all, since freedom cancelled every former obligation

Half of all their earnings, paid to the former owner forever

Their own children, who were still born as the owner's slaves

Basic reading, writing and simple arithmetic for beginners

The art of public speaking (rhetoric)

Farming and the management of a country estate

Sailing and navigation for a career at sea

The rhetor

The litterator

A paedagogus

The paterfamilias

They were used only for solemn religious rituals and animal sacrifices

They were open only to senators and the wealthiest citizens

They were where the army did its daily training and drills

They were a social hub for exercise, business and meeting friends

The Circus Maximus

The Colosseum amphitheatre

The Pantheon temple

The forum marketplace

A Roman recipe for bread served at the games in the circus

How emperors kept the people content with free food and lavish entertainment

A type of bakery that supplied free loaves of bread to the poor of the whole city

A religious festival celebrated each year with bread and chariot races

They were the joint capital cities of the whole Roman empire for centuries

They were never actually lived in at all, so they show how a brand-new town was first planned

Vesuvius buried them suddenly in AD 79, preserving buildings, decoration and daily life

They were carefully rebuilt in modern times as an exact copy for tourists