Paper 2- Soan

• Insula of Diana

  1. Mezzanines
  2. Cubiculums
  3. Culina
  4. Toilets
  5. Courtyard
• Where did the insula of Diana get its name?

  There was a relief depicting Diana on the inner courtyard wall.
• What was Diana the goddess of?

  -Goddess of woods, the moon and wild animals
• What is Diana depicted with?

  Bow and arrow

  Dog and a deer
• The House of the Wooden Partition

  -Three panelled sliding doors

  -Held together with hinges and bronze lamp supports

  -The lamp supports in form of a ship's figurehead
• Why did the Wooden Patrion gets its name?

  The tablinum is separated from the atrium

  ~For more privacy
• Why could the bronze lamp supports be in the shape of a figurehead?

  The owner was part of the navy

  The owner like travelling

  The owner was involved in trade
• House of Octavius Quartio rooms

  1. Peristyle
  2. Atrium
  3. Cubiculum
  4. Impluvium
• House of Menander


  -Atrium had paintings

  -One of the trojan war
• House of Menander

  -Had a statue of the Greek playwright Menander

  -Had paintings of the playwright Menander and theatrical masks
• What does these things tell us about the owner of the house Menander?

  -He was well-educated and cultured

  -He liked to host or entertain and liked theatre
• Paterfamilias

  Head male of the family
• Paterfamilias duties


  -To inspect a new-born baby

  -If it had any deformities or disabilities if would be seen as embarrassing
• Paterfamilias duties


  -Appoint educated slaves for their sons
• Paterfamilias duties


  -Arrange marriage for the girls
• Paterfamilias duties

  -Religious leader

  -Lead worship at household shrine
• Clients to patrons

  1. Accompany him to forum/baths
  2. Got to his house at dawn every morning
  3. Preach how good he is when running for political office
• Patrons for clients

  1. Small hand-outs of money or gifts or business opportunities
  2. Invited to dine with the patron
• Evidence of patron client relationships

  " He placed before himself and a few others certain special foods but before the others, cheap and measly food"

  ~Pliny
• Who could be a teacher?

  Anyone
• Equipment

  Wax tablets

  -Thin sheets of wood covered in wax
• Equipment

  Stilus

  -An implement with a sharp end for writing and a flat end to smooth the wax over
• Equipment

  Papyrus

  -paper
• What was the purpose of the slave that accompanied the pupil to school?

  1. Supervise their studies
  2. At home carry on with the studies
• What was the purpose of a dinner party?

  -To entertain

  -Make new business/ social contacts
• Dining room

  -Most important guest sat facing the best view of the garden and the artwork
• Dining room

  -The host sat next to the guest so they could talk
• Dining room

  -The clients/ freedmen sat on the low coach next to the patron to show how good of a patron he is
• Food- first course


  Light appetizers

  -Eggs, olives and mulsum (wine)
• Food- second course


  Main course

  -Meats/fish and vegetables
• Food- third course


  Dessert

  -Fruits, nuts and sweet cakes
• Education- litterator


  -Writing

  -Reading

  -Basic arithmetic
• Litterator


  -Ages of 7-11

  -Both boys and girls
• Litterator- QUOTE

  "Seek advice from a wise man"
• Education- grammaticus


  -Literature, writers like Cicero and Homer

  -Grammar, Virgils Aenied -had to recite passages

  -Greek, language of politics
• Grammaticus


  They would also learn music, astronomy and philosophy

  -Ages 12
• Grammaticus- QUOTE

  "You shatter silence with your harsh voice and lashes of your whip"

  ~Graffiti found in Pompeii
• Education- Rhetor


  -16 years

  -Only for the very privileged
• Rhetor


  Public speaking

  1. Deliver with facial expressions
  2. Hand gestures
  3. Variation of voice
• Rhetor


  The importance was to prepare them for being ready to speak in front of people and win the vote for political office