Ainchent Rome Flashcards
Amphitheatre
Where gladiator games were heled
What type of streets
Paved streets in a grid system
Aqueducts
Bring fresh water to the town from a mountain, lake etc
Public baths
Where people washed, met friends, did business and more
Patricians
The rich Nobel class with political power
Plebeians
The poorer class (can be rich) but with no political power
A domus
A patricians city home
Villa
A patricians country home
Slaves
Worked for patricians and did cooking, cleaning and other labour
Theatres
For plays and performances
Cubiculum
Bedroom
Lararium
A shrine to the family gods
Atrium
Where guests would meet
Impluvium
To collect rain water
Triclinium
The dining room
Culina
Kitchen
Slave quarters
Where the slaves would sleep
Peristylium
A walled garden
Tablinum
The study
When would roman girls usually get married
14 or 15
Who chose who the girl would Mary
Her father
A plebeian insulae
These were apartment blocks usually 5 stories high. The higher they got the smaller the room would be so richer plebeians would live on the bottom floor and poorer ones closer to the top.
Gladiators
These were people who would go into the amphitheater and fight for entertainment.
Roman legacy
The romans were great engineers and builders many of there structures are used today. Rome was the first European country to make big investments in big projects. This increased there army chances as there were roads. They used arches to hold up large ceilings.
Christianity
The Roman Empire covered to Christianity making it the the world’s most powerful religion.
Language
Latin was the language spoken in Rome at the time. It is not spoken today but many English words come from or are influenced from Latin
Calendar
In 45BC Caesar made a new Calendar with 365 days and 12 months as the old roman one was to inaccurate and remains the calander we us today
Republic
Where the wealthy elite ruled the city through senate
Citizens
People who had rights under roman law
Forum
A large town square that was the centre of business, political activity and religious worship
Dole
A payment of free grain
Manumission
The freeing of slaves after many years of service
Mosaics
Pictures made of small pieces of stone, glass or tile
Polytheists
People who believed in many different gods
Monotheists
People who believe in only one god
