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definitions Flashcards

1
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barbari (barbarius)

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barbarian, anyone who doesn’t speak Latin or Greek

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2
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liberti (libertus)

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freedmen (slaves that have been freed by their masters)

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servi (servus)

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slaves

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ingenui (ingenus)

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free born peoples

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5
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what are the two classes of ingenui?

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patricians (upper class, 1%) and plebeians (plebs, the other 99%

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6
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praenomen

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first name

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7
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nomen / gentilicium

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family name

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cognomen

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nicknames or conquests, or to distinguish from other branches of the family

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9
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what is augury?

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studying the flight path of birds

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what is the pomerium?

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the sacred boundary around a city, paved by the king using two white oxen

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11
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what is a curia?

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a central meeting hall, influenced by greek democracy

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what is a novus homo?

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an equestrian who has sold his business to buy land so he could be a member of the Senatorial Order

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13
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what is the palladium?

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the amphora that Ascanius carried out of Troy

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14
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what is a peculium?

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the allowance a slave was owed

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what is latifundia / latifundium?

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giant factory farms that produce usually one things (olives, grapes etc)

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16
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what is manumissio?

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the emancipation / freeing of a slave

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17
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what is a pileus?

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a conical hat freedmen would wear to show everyone his newfound freedom

18
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What is the lustrum?

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a special ceremony performed by the the censor to mark the end of the census

19
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what is suovetaurilia?

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a triple sacrifice of a boar (suus) a ram (ovis) and a bull (taurus)

20
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what are fasces?

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axes that lictors carried - bundle of wooden rods with an ax head

21
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what is a vestibulum?

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an entrance to a roman home, where you hang your cloaks, walking sticks or shopping bags. this room is long and thin. the length of the vestibule is determined by the length of the shops on either side.

22
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what is a taberna?

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the shops on either side the vestibulum in roman homes

23
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what does Domus mean?

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home

24
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what does insula mean?

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apartment (plur. insulae)

25
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what is the name of the famously tall roman apartment building?

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insula felicles

26
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what is an atrium?

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big open area within a roman home, the central focus of the house. this is where religious shrines will be, where patrons will greet their clients

27
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what is an impluvium?

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shallow water basin with a cistern underneath, located in the atrium under a hole in the ceiling (compluvium)

28
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what is a compluvium?

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the hole in the roof to collect rain

29
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what is an Ala?

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open room in the back of houses (2 of them: one on right side, one on left side)

30
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what is a culina?

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kitchen (also housed the toilet for water consumption purposes)

31
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what is a tablinum?

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the office, where the patron/man of the house would keep the records, money etc

32
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what is a triclinium?

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dining room - Romans did not eat upright with knives and forks but rather on 3 long couches with no backs

33
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what is a hortus?

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a WORKING garden out back- meaning they grew fruit trees, vegetables etc

34
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what is a fauces?

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the narrow passage to the vestibulum, only exists in fancy houses, doesn’t contain anything

35
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what is an andron?

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the passageway into the hortus

36
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what is a viridarium?

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a green garden- not for growing crops, but for enjoying nature (only rich people had these)

37
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what is a piscina?

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a fish pond

38
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what is a peristylium?

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a covered walkway around the viridarium so people could have shade

39
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what is a postium?

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back door

40
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what is an exedra?

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big open shaded area for when it’s hot

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