Stage 4 Cultura Pages in Packet

Page 18 1.The three major functions of the forum are: A.Business B.Religion C.Government 2.The forum was a large open area surrounded on 3 sides by a colonnade. 3.The dimensions of the forum are 156 yards long by 42 yards wide.

Page 18 4.The forum had a stone floor. 5.Statues could be found in the open space. 6.Ironware and Shoes are the goods sold by the merchants in the picture.

Page 19 7.A colonnade is a structure made from columns that provided a corridor for people to use and shield them from the elements 8.No wheeled traffic was permitted in the forum 9.Wheeled traffic was prohibited by upright stones at each entrance. 10.Public information was distributed through noticeboards and graffiti.

Page The Temple of Jupiter was the most prominent temple in the forum. 12.Political speeches took place here at election time. 13.A tribunal is a speaking platform in the forum. 14.Meat, Fish and Vegetable shops could be found in the covered market (Macellum)

Page Shoppers ensured that merchants had not cheated them by using a public weights and measures table. 16.The Lares are the guarding spirits of Pompeii.

Page Other temples in the forum included the Temple of the Emperors, The Temple of Apollo and the Temple of Venus 18.Venus was important to the Pompeians because they believed she took special interest in their town. 19.The other temple in the area was the Temple of Isis.

Page The Temple of Isis is different because she is an Egyptian goddess. 21.Apollo is associated with medicine, music and prophecy. 22.Venus is the goddess of love and beauty. 23.Eumachia sponsored the Meeting Hall of the Cloth Merchants. 24.Eumachia is special because she is a business woman.

Page The cloth merchants were special because theirs was the most prominent industry in Pompeii. 26. The municipal offices included the treasury, the record office, and the town council meeting room. 27.A basilica is a courthouse. 28. The two senior officials were called the duoviri.