Definitions

Question 1

Augury

Answer 1

• The interpretation of divine messages and omens through the flight patterns and behaviour of birds
• Romans got it from the Etruscans

Question 2

Decemvir

Answer 2

• Directly translated, “One of the ten”
• One of the ten Patrician magistrates tasked with codifying and writing down the laws

Question 3

Dictator

Answer 3

• Brought up in times of emergency to supersede the power of all others
• His second in command: Master of Horse
• 6 months maximum term

Question 4

Interregnum

Answer 4

• The time in between a king’s reign
• Common during early monarchy, and could involve campaigning

Question 5

Latin League

Answer 5

• League of Latin states established in the 8th century BC
• Supposedly re-organized by Tarquin the Proud

Question 6

The Twelve Tables

Answer 6

• Rome’s earliest written law code
• Pushed forth by the initiative of the Second Plebeian Secession
• Occurred in mid-fifth century BC

Question 7

Servian Constitution

Answer 7

• Dividing of the Roman male citizen population into military units
• Giving voting powers to some

Question 8

Lectesturium

Answer 8

• Ceremony offering a meal for the gods

Question 9

Lupa

Answer 9

Shewolf (was she a prostitute or an actual wolf) that nursed Romulus and Remus

Question 10

Curiae

Answer 10

Populous divided into groups

Question 11

Capitoline Hill

Answer 11

Hill with all the main Political and Religious buildings

Question 12

Imperium

Answer 12

Complete control of all military forces

Question 13

Imperator

Answer 13

Person with Imperium

Question 14

Master of Horse

Answer 14

A Dictator’s second in command

Question 15

Military Tribunes

Answer 15

• Administrated reservist generals from Patrician AND Plebeian populations

Question 16

Spolia Optima

Answer 16

• The enemy commander’s spoils

Question 17

Triumph

Answer 17

• Etruscan tradition carried on by Rome
• Granted to a victorious consul by the senate or the people
• Consul rode into town on horseback

Question 18

Ovation

Answer 18

A march of appreciation for the consul who didn’t receive the triumph.

Question 19

Cisalpine Gauls

Answer 19

Gauls South of the Alps

Question 20

Transalpine Gauls

Answer 20

Gauls North of the Alps

Question 21

Cledonomancy

Answer 21

Interpreting randomized things you hear as divine signals

Question 22

Servian Constitution

Answer 22

• Done by Servius
• conducted a census and divided Romans into classes

Question 23

Pomerium

Answer 23

• A Sacred Area around a city
• First said to have been established by Romulus, then extended later on

Question 24

People’s Assemblies

Answer 24

They acted as a check by being voters and jurors and approving appointments, laws, and
various decisions