Roman culture — chapters 4–6

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Chapter 4

Read the essay The country town: Venusia on pages 27–29 of the textbook, and then answer these questions.

1. What do these Latin words refer to?
   1. colonia
   2. colonus
2. What are these places?
   1. Venusia
   2. the Appian Way
   3. Pompeii
3. Give four reasons why the Romans sent out colonists.
4. 1. What year was Venusia settled?
   2. When was it joined by a further group of colonists?
5. Why was Venusia an important town?
6. What buildings could be found in Venusia?
7. Describe a typical street in Pompeii.
8. Describe the government of a Roman colony.
9. What kinds of jobs did the people of a colony have?
10. What does Horace (Quintus) tell us about his home town?
11. How does Virgil describe the hill towns of Italy?

Chapter 5

Read the essay The Roman farmer — and market day on pages 34–36 of the textbook, and then answer these questions.

1. Describe the country estate Horace received after becoming a successful poet.
2. Describe the property of a colonus like Horace’s father.
3. What goods did the property of a colonus produce?
4. What work did a colonus do throughout the year?
5. 1. What were nundinae?
   2. What activities happened then?
6. 1. Describe the large country estates in found throughout Italy during Horace’s lifetime.
   2. What was the life of a slave like on these estates?
   3. What effect did these estates have on coloni like Horace’s father?

Chapter 6

Read the essay Education on pages 40–42 of the textbook, and then answer these questions.

1. Which Romans attended primary school?
2. 1. How did the children of wealthy families go to school?
   2. How did the children in country towns go to school?
3. Describe a typical day in a Roman primary school.
   1. How long was the school day?
   2. What were the lessons about?
   3. What were the lessons like?
4. When did Roman schoolchildren have holidays?
5. What did boys learn in secondary school?
6. What did girls learn after primary school?
7. 1. Who went on to tertiary education?
   2. What did they learn there?
8. What do we know about Horace’s education?

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