| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| white | albata | 0%
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| dressing room in bath | apodyterium | 0%
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| large Roman baths | balneae/thermae | 0%
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| hot room | caldarium | 0%
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| starting gates of chariot races, "prisons" | carceres | 0%
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| most famous chariot racing track | Circus Maximus | 0%
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| dedicated in 80 AD | Colosseum/Flavian Amphitheater | 0%
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| giver of games | dator ludorum | 0%
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| room for scraping off sweat and dirt | destrictarium | 0%
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| racing syndicate which competed in the races; there were six different colors: red, white, blue, green, purple, and gold | factio (pl. factiones) | 0%
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| cold bath room | frigidarium | 0%
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| box which held tali | fritillus | 0%
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| steam room | laconicum | 0%
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| trainer of gladiators | lanista | 0%
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| chalk starting line used in later times | linea alba | 0%
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| chariot races and other exhibitions given in a circus | ludi circenses | 0%
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| dramatic stage performances given in the theater | ludi scaenici | 0%
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| napkin dropped by giver of games to officially start chariot race | mappa | 0%
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| turning posts; same name as millstones because they were shaped like millstones | metae | 0%
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| the entire course, usually consisted of 7 laps | missus | 0%
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| mock naval battles that were performed in a flooded amphitheater | Naumachiae | 0%
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| ___ and dolphin figurines were turned to mark each completed lap | ova (eggs) | 0%
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| exercise grounds, held a cold pool and a room for scraping off sweat and dirt | palaestra | 0%
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| cold pool | piscina | 0%
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| ___ built the first permanent theatre in Rome in 55 BC | Pompey | 0%
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| gate through which the bodies of dead gladiators exited | Porta Libitinensis | 0%
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| gate through which victor left the circus | Porta Triumphalis | 0%
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| green | prasina | 0%
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| wooden sword used in training gladiators and given to a gladiator if he won his freedom from slavery | rudis | 0%
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| red | russata | 0%
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| 1 lap in a chariot race | spatium/curriculum | 0%
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| dividing fence or wall which stretched across the middle of the circus, "backbone" | spina | 0%
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| "scraper" instrument used to scrape oil off skin | strigilis | 0%
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| knucklebones which were similar to dice; each ___ had four sides (marked 1, 3, 4, 6); four ___ were thrown at once; Venus throw was the best (all showed same number); Vulture throw was the worst (all show different number) | tali | 0%
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| warm room | tepidarium | 0%
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| dice | tesserae | 0%
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| room for rubbing and anointing with oil | unctorium | 0%
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| hunts for entertainment in the Circus | venationes | 0%
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| blue | veneta | 0%
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