Stage 34 Culture Quiz

True

False: freemen and freewomen had less freedom than other cultures at that time

False: while citizenship was attainable for freedmen, it was not as attainable for freedwomen

False: freedmen and women were not able to become Roman citizens.

To make a will or business agreements

To become senator or an eques

to serve in legions

to vote in elections as long as they were citizens

True

False: Only female ex-slaves took a former master's name

False: ex-slaves would only have one name: their slave name

False: All three of an ex-slave's names would be their master's name.

to leave money to his patron in his will.

to have his children serve his patron.

to work a certain number of days OR pay him a sum of money each year.

to attend his patron on public occasions.

to live longer than his libertus cliens

to free his wife after he frees him

to pay for a decent funeral if the freedman died first

to help his former slave to make a start of their new lives

True

False: The ex-slaves always abhorred their previous work.

False: It was legally impossible for a master to pay an ex-slave for work

False: ex-slaves could only work as butlers.

True

False: having to pay freedmen for their work was often more expensive

False: freedmen could only freed after long service (and then they retired and no longer worked)

False: By freeing slave, the master also had to free his family.

Their was much demand for their skills

The government gave freemen a stipend every year

freeborn Romans often thought such work was beneath them.

A patronus was legally obligated to support his cliens

True

False: Freedmen could not become wealthy because they were not able to stand for elections

False: Many freedmen became very wealthy

False: a patronus was required to take care of his ex-slave financially

To marry whom they chose

To serve as one of the six seviri Augustali

To run for consul

To serve as a liberti Augusali