Amusements

• trigon : three person game played with a ball
• gambling : heads or tails, odd or even
• fritillus : dice box
• ludi circenses : shows in a ring (chariot races)
• munera gladiatoria : gladiatorial shows
• comoedia : comedy
• tragoedia : tragedy
• average comedy length : two hours
• scaena : scene building; stage
• vela : awnings that protected from rain or sun
• circus maximus : large roman stadium used for chariot races
• carceres : starting gates
• mappa : white cloth that signaled the start of a race