Round 18: Tossup 19

A freedwoman who carried out this practice, Nostia Daphne, is unusually commemorated with a freedman of a different occupation in an epitaph on the Vicus Longus. A visit to the Walters prompted a professional in this practice, Janet Stephens, to enter the field of experimental archaeology and show that previous scholarship misinterpreted the term acus (10[2])(“AH-koos”). Literary sources attest (10[1])to how the hasta caelibaris (“kye-lih-BAR-is”) and hasta recurva (“reh-KOOR-wah”) were used for this practice at weddings. Scholars challenge the idea that Julia (10[1])Domna adopted a (10[1])Syrian-influenced form of this practice, (10[2]-5[1])instead concluding she aimed to emulate Faustina the Younger via use of a globular cover. (10[4])This practice was carried out by women called ornatrices (10[3])(“or-na-TREE-kays”). For 10 points, during the Severan dynasty, what practice (10[1])frequently combined natural curls (10[1])and (10[1])ringlets (10[2])with (10[1])using wigs? (10[1])■END■ (10[3]0[1])

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