Stage 33 - Culture Questions

Read pages 266-269 in Unit III and answer the following questions.

1.  Identify the difference between these types of ludī:

    lūdī scaenicī

     lūdī circensēs

     lūdī Rōmānī

2.  How did seating at the lūdī work?

3.  How did Pantomimes perform? Include at least three details.

4.  How many factiōnēs were there?  What were their colors?  Can you give a modern parallel?

5.  For the lūdī circensēs identify the following:

      mappa

      spīna

      mēta

6.  For gladiatorial lūdī identify the following:

      mūnera

      vēnātiōnēs

       naumachiae

       Amphitheatrum Flāvium

7.  Draw a picture of a triumphal procession, including some of the aspects described by Josephus.