Ancient Rome Flashcards
What did a roman soldier used to protect itself
A javelin
A short sword
A dagger
A shield with legions design
What did a roman soldier wear
Helmet Body armour Belt showing position in army Woollen tunic Marching sandals with metal grips
What is an empire
Where one country controls several lands
What is a senate
The name given to the roman government
Who were the patricians
Rich roman
Who were the plebeian s
Poor roman
What was a legion
A group of soldiers within the army
What was an auxilia
A back up army
Where did the patricians live
Villas
What was a atrium
A hall open to the sky with pools fountains and flowers
What are mosaics
Pictures and designs made from tiny pieces of glass or tile
What was a villa
A large country house where patricians lived
Where did plebeians live
Insulaes
What was an Insulaes
Blocks of wooden flats
What is oratory
Public speaking
What did the roman boys learn in school
Reading writing arithmetics Latin Oratory
What was the dole
The bread that the plebeians got from the government
What did the roman men wear
A toga with a tunic underneath
What was a toga
Like a sheet draped in graceful folds around the body
What did the women wear after they got married
Stola
What was a stola
Long woollen tuni
What else did the roman women like to wear
Make-up and jewellery. They liked to dye their hair red with Berries
What did they do with there dead
They were cremated and put on catacombs
What were catacombs
Underground graveyard
What was their religion
They believed in many different gods
Name some gods
Mars god of war
Neptune god of the sea
Jupiter god of all gods
Lares household gods
What was a pantheon
A temple to all the gods
Give two sources that give us evidence about the ancient Roman Empire
Pompeii and the collesium
