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What is the tense signal for the "was/were verbing" ongoing past verbs?
BA
What are the tense signals for the "verbed" past completed verb?
V, S, U, X, long vowel - followed by it/erunt
Name two ways an enslaved person could be freed.
freed in front of a magistrate - manumission, in a will, could be asked to sit on the couch during dinner
Name two ways people became enslaved
prisoner of war, born into it, go into debt, be kidnapped by pirates
Verum aut Falsum: Romans sometimes freed slaves as a sign of friendship
Verum
Verum aut Falsum: Romans all had the same beliefs about life after death
Falsum
What was the preferred method of dealing with the dead? Give two pieces of info.
cremate and then put in urns and put in the ground or in tombs outside the city
Name two limitations of freedmen.
couldn't hold political/military office; still had obligations to the former master including roles of a client
Verum aut Falsum: Many Romans believed that the dead would haunt the living unless properly buried and taken care of
Verum
Name two pieces of information about Roman funeral processions
various answers
Where were Roman tombs placed? Why?
outside of towns/cities along roads so that they could be seen and interacted with
Verum aut Falsum: Romans had set rituals and festivals for the dead
Verum - Parentalia, Carista, Lemuralia
Explain two things the living might do at tombs of loved ones
give offerings (food, wine, blood), decorate, picnic
Verum aut Falsum: Freedmen could vote.
Verum if freed legally
Name two things freedwomen might do after freed
keep working at the home; keep working with same skills; marry former master
Verum aut Falsum: Slaves had no legal rights
Verum
