Ch 21 Animals

What animals were used for transport in the Roman world?

(Select all that apply)

• Dogs and cats

• Horses and mules

• Rats and weasels

• Oxen and donkeys

​ (a)   were kept for catching mice and rats.

​ (b)   were used to guard livestock from wolves.

Occasionally ​ (c)   were ridden in battle.​

• Dogs
• Weasels
• elephants
• Oxen
• Machines

(a)   scenes were a popular subject in art.

What animals were associated with the gods in Roman religion?

• Cat

• Isis

• Snake

• Athena

• Tiger

• Jupiter

• Eagle

• Asclepius

• Owl

• Bacchus

What was the job of a haruspex?

What was the diet of the urban poor in the Roman world?

(Select all that apply.)

• Meat from sacrifices

• Game and fish

• Cheap sausage

• Exotic creatures

The grounds of Nero’s (a)   contained many kinds of wild and domesticated animal.

Match the treatments to the medical problems they helped solve.

• Stopped bleeding

• Sheep's wool

• Healed wounds

• Cobwebs

• Stop swelling

• Honey

Which animals were commonly kept as pets in the Roman world?

(Select all that apply.)

• Dogs

• Birds

• Elephants

• Crabs

What materials were used to make clothing in the Roman world?

(Select all that apply.)

• Wool and leather

• Silk

• Feathers and peacock feathers

• Furs