Question | Answer |
Where was Sparta? | The Peloponnese |
What was the river called near Sparta? | Eurotas River |
What region was Sparta in? | Laconia |
What was the mountain near Sparta called? | Mt. Taygetus |
What age did the spartans begin to train? | Seven |
Where did they stand against the Persians? | Thermopolyae |
What does Thermopolyae mean? | Gates of fire |
What did the spartans wear? | A red cloak, a helmet with a plume on top and braces on their arms and legs |
What did the spartans use in battle? | A shield and spear and a short sword for close battle |
Who were the lowest people in Spartan society? | The helots |
Who were the perioiki? | The manufactures of weapons for the spartans |
Who was king during Thermopolyae? | Leonidas |
What did the Spartans use as currency? | brittle iron bars |
What was manumission? | The act of freeing a slave |
What item of clothing would you give to the slave to show freedom? | A white hat |
Why would you free a slave? | To show off wealth For them to be married (rare) The earned their freedom That you care for them |
What is the chariot stadium in Rome called? | Circus Maximus |
Where did gladiators fight in rome predominantly? | The Colosseum |
What does amphi mean? | around |
How much did it cost to enter the colosseum? | It was free |
What time were the gladiators fights? | They were all day, so around 9:30a.m. to around 4p.m. |
How did a fight end? | It ended with either death or surrender |
How were the spectators involved? | They signalled death or survival with their thumbs |
Who made the final decision about the death of a gladiator? | The president of the games |
What did the wooden sword indicate? | The freeing of a slave |
What animals were fought against in the arena? | Bear, deer, boars, wolves, tigers, lion, zebra, crocodiles, hippo, giraffe, elephant and hyena. |
What was the venatio? | A hunt in the arena |
What were the four types of gladiators? | Samnite, Murmillo, Retiarius and Thracain |
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