Q. Aunts? A. Amĭta, on the Father's side; Q. Cousins? A. Patruēlis, on the Father's side; Consobrīnus, on the Mother's side. Q. Half Brother? A. Germanus. Q. Wife's Brother? A. Levir. Q. How did the Romans receive their Names? of the individual, as Marcus; the second, the Q. Give me some of the Prænomina? Q. What was the distinguishing dress of the Romans? A. The Toga, as opposed to the Grecian Pallium, and the Gallic Braccæ. Q. Of what colour was the Toga? A. White, except in mourning, but bordered with G purple for the magistrates, and striped for children. Q. What was the Toga of the Candidati, or those who sued for office? A. Candida, of a more shining white added by the fuller. Q. When did young men assume the Toga pura, or Toga virilis? A. At the age of seventeen. Q. What was the closer dress or sleeved waistcoat? Q. What distinguished the Tunica of the Senators? A. The Angusticlave, or narrow border of purple. Q. What was the dress of the Roman women? A. The Stola, or robe reaching to the feet; and for walking abroad, the Palla, or cloak. Q. What was the shoe? A. Calceus. Q. The Slipper? A. Solea. Q. Shoe of the common soldier? A. Caliga. Q. The Hat? A. Pileus-but rarely worn in the streets. Q. What were the meals of the Romans? 1 A. Originally Cœna, or common meal of the family; and Prandium, taken at mid-day. In more luxurious times Jentaculum, or breakfast; and Comissatio, or late supper. Q. How did the Romans take their supper? Q. Who were the chief Magistrates of Rome? Q. What were their insignia? A. The same with those of the King, except his crown; namely, the Trabea or Toga Prætexta, the Sella Curulis, and the Scipio Eburneus. The Consul and Prætor alone had lictors with the fasces and securis. Q. Which was the lowest of the great offices of state? A. That of the Quæstor. Q. What other inferior Magistrates were there? Q. What Magistrate was created on extraordinary occasions? A. The Dictator. Q. Who governed the Provinces? A. The Proconsuls and the Proprætors; and, in the time of Augustus, the Procurators. 1 xolvy, communis. Q. When was the title of Imperator conferred? A. During the Republic, on none but victorious generals. Q. On whom after the fall of the Republic? A. On the Cæsars and their successors, who were all called Emperors. Q. What is the difference between Auspex or Augur and Haruspex? A. The Auspex or Augur took his omen from birds, the Haruspex from the sacrifices of beasts. MILITARY AFFAIRS. Q. How was the Roman Army divided? A. Each Legion consisted of ten Cohorts, To each Legion was commonly added an Ala of 300 Horse, divided into 10 Turmæ, and each Turma into three Decuriæ. Q. What was the Pomarium? A. An open space kept free from buildings within and without the walls of the city. Q. What was the Roman Camp? A. An intrenched square with four gates: Decumana, in the rear; Principalis Dextra; Principalis Sinistra. Q. What was the Vallum? A. A wall or rampart of earth thrown up from the fosse. Q. What was the Aquila? A. The standard of the Legion. Q. The Signa? A. The standards of the Maniples. Q. The Vexilla? A. Small flags for marking out the ground and making signals. Q. What was a Testudo ? A. A covering made by locking the shields together, so that the men might approach the enemy's wall, beneath its shelter. Q. What were the Vinea? A. A shelter of wicker-work covered with hides, contrived for a similar purpose; such also were the Plutei and Musculi, Q. Why were these latter called Musculi? A. Because they were pushed forward to prepare and try the ground for the advance of the Towers, as the Muscle-fish swims before the Whale to try the depth of the shallows. |