<p> Latin I ~ Roman Daily Life Questions</p><p>Nomen ______Dies______</p><p>1. In which room of the Roman house did clients pay their respects to or ask for the help or advice of their patron?</p><p>2. When a master went to public places such as the Forum, he was accompanied by a slave who would whisper the names of those who spoke to him. What was the name for such a slave?</p><p>3. How many sesterces did a nobleman need to rank as a member of the equites, or knights?</p><p>4. What was the name for a man who attained political office though no member of his family had done previously?</p><p>5. What was the usual fuel for lamps in ancient Rome?</p><p>6. What was the favorite meat of the Romans?</p><p>7. What did the Romans use for sweetening food?</p><p>8. What did the Romans call a courtyard area used for wrestling or other exercise? 9. What was the name for the opening in the roof of a Roman home, through which light and rain could enter?</p><p>10. What was the name for the basin in which rainwater collected in the atrium of the house?</p><p>11. What were the wax busts of family ancestors that were kept in the home called?</p><p>12. What part of the house was the master's office or study?</p><p>13. What was the name for the porches or colonnades that enclosed the garden of the Roman house?</p><p>14. What is the name for the system that circulated hot air under floors and in hollow parts of walls to warm rooms in a building?</p><p>15. What did the Romans call an apartment building?</p><p>16. What was the name of the ceremony where a bride was formally taken to her husband's home?</p><p>17. What was the name processional song or hymn that accompanied a newly- married couple to their house? 18. To whom would a Roman go to have his nails trimmed and a haircut?</p><p>19. What was a lucerna?</p><p>20. What was a praenomen?</p><p>21. What was a nomen?</p><p>22. What was a cognomen?</p><p>23. What praenomen was abbreviated with the letter C.?</p><p>24. What praenomen was abbreviated with the letter T.?</p>