Exam 1 Flashcards
Defixones
tablets that were stabbed with curses
deities for running water, well, underground areas, caves
Chthonic - Hades
Deities for battlefields, graveyards
Restless souls
What third spot would a tablet be
spot related to victim
Apotropaic
objects to ward off evil
Pomerium
sacred boundary of Rome
Provocatio
right to appeal to a citizen body
sancrosanctitas
Tribune of Plebs
-could veto
- could elicit resolutions
- enforce decree of plebs
- intercessio
Intercessio
Right to Veto
Aedelis
Cared for infrastructure, persecuted criminals
Concordia
Harmony between classes
Rule 8.26
no nocturnal meetings in the city
Conflict between classes in laws
Laws heavily favored patricians
- limited plebians
Laws to limit competition
-no women crying at funerals
-no burials in city
-only state rewards are displayed
After reading through the laws, what can you conclude formed the
greatest sources of conflict in early Republican Rome?
laws were concerned with punishment and private matters
especially property rights and individual responsibility.
-maintain roads or people can drive on your yard
Moral of Cincinnatus
Virtus over wealth
