To the student:
o - Look at each site listed. If there is a link check the link also.
o - Answer the questions on the learning guide sheet.
o - Take the test.
o - Cum duobus sociis, plan and execute a model of a Roman bath. Tell where the bath is located ; give an illustration of a mosaic that will be placed somewhere in the bath. Make your bath no larger than poster board size whether you have decided to make it a flat drawing or a model. Be creative but accurate. Check your socii with your teacher and your teacher will give you the deadline for the project.
o - Enjoy your assignment.
Reading Guide
Answer all of the questions on this reading guide with sententiae plenae. The questions are not necessarily in the same order as the sites. The answers for a few of them may be found in a link. Do your guide carefully and thoughtfully because the remainder of the unit hinges upon knowing the material in the Reading Guide.
1. Historians of disagree about facts in ancient history. List two examples of conflicting information that you have found in these readings. E.g. who baths at what time; how often did Romans bathe; where was "strigling" performed?
2. What are the names of two famous Roman writers who complained about the institution of the Roman bathhouses and cite four of their complaints.
3. Enumerate there exercises in which male bathers engaged in the palaestra.
4. What is trochus?
5. Tell the duty of a capsarius.
6. What may be two duties of a slave that went to the baths with his master?
7. What is depilation? Would you have enjoyed this? Why or why not?
8. In which room was a patara used?
9. What is the purpose of a frigidarium?
10. Which entertainment that is offered at a Roman bath would you have chosen and why?
11. What art forms would you place in bath is your would designing one and why?
12. How many bathers could the Baths of Caracalla accommodate at one time?
13. Define the following Latin terms associated with the Roman baths:
a. apodyterium
b. strigilis
c. unguentum
d. linteum
e. tepidarium
f. caldarium
g. hypocaust
h. frigidarium
i. laconium or sudatoria
j. palaestra
k. natatio
l. nundinae
m. balneum
n. thermae
o. balnatores
p. natationes
q. praefurnium
Exercises
