LATIN CIVILISATION

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Hint	Answer
Modern name for Chester	Deva
Number of permanent legionary fortresses in Britain	3
River built on	Dee
Latin name for the headquarters	Principia
Latin name for the living quarters of the commanding officer	Praetorium
Latin name for the hospital	Valetudinarium
Latin name for the granaries	Horrea
Latin word for 'outside the walls'	Extramural
Great hall	Basilica
Most sacred place in fortress	Sacellum
Animal the Aquila looked like	Eagle
Material of the Aquila	Gold
What was grasped in the Aquila's talons?	Darts
Name of the soldier who looked after the Aquila and carried it into battle	Aquilifer
Where pay and savings were locked	Strong room
Legion based at Deva	Legio XX
How many people the barracks accommodated	Eight
The two purposes of the barracks	Sleeping and mess
What did the valetudinarium have?	Running water
Evidence for trade in the Roman Empire	Harbour
Latin name for the armouries	Armementaria
Two purposes of the baths	Hygiene and social
Latin name for entrance to the baths	Vestibulum
Latin name for strigiling room	Tepidarium
Latin name for where clothes were stored	Apodyterium
Latin name for large, cold pool	Frigidarium
Latin name for the hottest room (with a plunge pool)	Caladarium
Latin name for the sweating room	Sudarium
Latin name for the open air garden	Palaestra
How many litres of water the baths used daily	850000
How many spectators the amphitheatre could fit	8000
Latin name for small civilian settlement outside a Roman fort	Vicus
How many million litres of water was used daily at the camp	2.4
Where Aquae Sulis was	Bath
What valley Aquae Sulis was in	River Avon
How many residents lived in the area	3000
Largest bathing complex west of...	Rome
What religiously important thing did Aquae Sulis have?	Plunge pool
What was used to line the Great Bath?	Lead
Where did the water from the spring originate from?	Mendip Hills
Where was the hottest water found?	Close to the spring
How deep was the Great Bath? (Metres)	1.6
How many sheets of lead did the Great Bath have?	45
How was water mainly heated?	Hot spring
How else was the water heated?	Hypocaust
How many million litres of water came from the spring daily?	1.17
What were the pans for holy water inscribed with?	DSM
What did this mean?	Deae Sulis-Minerva

Hint	Answer
Latin name for curse tablets	Defixiones
How many curse tablets found at Aquae Sulis	130
Tribe occupying surrounding area	Dobunni
What was Sulis the Celtic goddess of?	Healing
Where was it the centre of religion?	South Britain
Where was the temple built?	Courtyard
Style of the temple	Classical
Soothsayer who studied the entrails of sacrificed animals to interpret the omens	Haruspex
What predates the palace itself? (Fishbourne)	Wooden structure
What was the North Wing intended for?	Special guests
How do we know what plants were grown there?	Pollen traces
What provided light in the North Wing?	Charcoal braziers
Likely owner of Fishbourne	Cogidubnus
Latin name for Chichester	Noviogamus
What were the Celts particularly skilled at?	Metalwork
Where most Roman villas are located in Britain	South and South-East
How did people become rich?	Trade with the Romans
Any Roman style house was a...	Villa
One of the largest Roman villas in Britain	Chedworth Roman Villa
What its wings are linked by	Portico hallway
Main source of sweetness in a Roman diet	Honey
Who ran farms?	Bailiff
Who were imported from Rome?	Skilled workers
What kind of roads did the Romans build?	Straight
How many miles of road have been uncovered in Britain?	Over 8000
How would they keep roads straight?	Groma
How did they see over hills?	Smoke
Used to measure distance	Odometer
Land surveyors who used advanced tools to find the route of the road	Agrimensores
Land levellers	Liberatores
Quality measurers	Mensores
Mainly, who was tasked with road building?	Soldiers
Dug up ground that acts as a foundation for the rest of the road	Agger
Concrete made of ________ (volcanic ash)	Pozzolana
Top layer	Stones
Top layer could also be	Metalled
Height of the agger (range, centimetres)	120-150
When could the roads be used?	Year round
They were raised in the middle ( _______ ) to allow water to run off	Cambered
Width of main roads (range, metres)	5-8
How far could you get by foot in a day? Miles	20
How far could you get by carriage in a day? Miles	25-30
Latin name for imperial post	Cursus publicus
Riders for imperial post	Cavalrymen
How far could the imperial post travel in a day? Miles	50
How often were mutations found? (Every _____ miles)	4
How often were mansiones found? (Every _____ miles)	12

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