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Culture/Society in Roman World
Glencoe World History Chapter 5.3
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History
10th Grade
11/06/2007

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Romans used forms based on curved lines: (3)
Definition
the arch, the vault, the dome
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Romans built a network of ________ miles of roads
Definition
50,000
Term
What did Virgil write?
Definition
The Aeneid
Term
What work did Horace write?
Definition
Satires
Term
What did the historian Livy write?
Definition
The History of Rome
Term
Paterfamilias
Definition
dominant male that headed the family
Term
The legal minimum age for marriage for females was ___, and for boys ___
Definition
12, 14
Term
3rd century BC
Definition
divorce was introduced and became fairly easy to obtain
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Romans depended greatly on ______ ______
Definition
slave labor
Term
73 BC
Definition
most famous slave revolt led by Spartacus
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71 BC
Definition
Spartacus is killed and 6,000 of his followers were crucified
Term
Insulae
Definition
Roman apartment blocks constructed of concrete; where the poor resided
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AD 64
Definition
famous fire destroyed a good part of the city; Nero was falsely accused of starting it
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3 major types of entertainment:
Definition
horse and chariot races

dramatic performances

gladiatorial shows
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Romans produced more ________ statues than the Greeks
Definition
realistic
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Aqueducts
Definition
provided water to over one million people in Rome
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