Roman Life - Amusements (Games, Races, Baths, etc.) - Statistics

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