Key Latin Terms

Question 1

Pietas

Answer 1

Obligations to family, gods and country

Question 2

Severitas

Answer 2

Strict, strong, sticking to principles

Question 3

Dignitas

Answer 3

Reputation - positive(dignity), esteemed

Remembering to visit someone

Question 4

Philanthropy

Answer 4

Spending money for the public

Question 5

Dictator perpetua

Answer 5

Position held by Julius Caesar from 44 BC till his death

Question 6

Imperium maius

Answer 6

Enhanced command

Question 7

Divi filius

Answer 7

Son of a God

Question 8

Imperartor

Answer 8

Victorious commander

Question 9

Iustitia

Answer 9

Justice

Question 10

Clementia

Answer 10

Mercy

Question 11

Divi Julius

Answer 11

Divine Julius

Question 12

‘O puer, qui omnia nomini debes’

Answer 12

‘You boy, who owe everything to a name’ - Anthony

Question 13

Actoritas

Answer 13

Influence/prestige/reputation
E.g. senate gives advice
Augustus: appointed Gallus to govern Egypt, suppressed revolts, monuments and minted coins, “he’s not my friend”

Question 14

Clipeus virtutis

Answer 14

Shield of bravery (awarded to Augustus

Question 15

Virtu

Answer 15

Good qualities

Question 16

Princeps

Answer 16

First

Question 17

Primus inter pares

Answer 17

First among equals

Question 18

Imperium proconsulare

Answer 18

Power to do what one believes is in the states best interests

Question 19

Princeps senates

Answer 19

Father of the house (usually given to oldest senator)

Question 20

Imperium proconsulare maius

Answer 20

Command over provinces (enhanced)

Question 21

Tribunicia potesta

Answer 21

Tribune for life

Question 22

Pax deorum

Answer 22

Peace of the Gods

Question 23

Vitium

Answer 23

Religious error/neglect

Question 24

Ira deorum

Answer 24

Anger of the Gods

Question 25

Penates

Answer 25

Household Gods

Question 26

Lares

Answer 26

God’s of location

Question 27

Polytheistic

Answer 27

Multiple Gods

Question 28

Familia

Answer 28

Household - relationships/slaves/clients

Question 29

Pater familia

Answer 29

Head of the family/ father of the house

Question 30

Matrona

Answer 30

Mother of the house

Question 31

Mos maiorum

Answer 31

‘Way of the ancestors’ - (Pietas, fides, cultus, virtus, dignitas, gravitas)

Question 32

Fides

Answer 32

Faith

Question 33

Cultus

Answer 33

Care of the Gods

Question 34

Virtus

Answer 34

Manly virtues

Question 35

Dignitas

Answer 35

Reputation

Question 36

Gravitas

Answer 36

Seriousness

Question 37

Chaste, modest, reserved

Answer 37

Female relatives of Roman politicians

Question 38

Plebeian

Answer 38

Common people

Question 39

Patrician

Answer 39

Upper class (not wealth wise)

Question 40

Veto

Answer 40

Right to prevent something

Question 41

Concilium plebis

Answer 41

Plebeian council/ assembly

Question 42

“Alea lacta est”

Answer 42

And the die is cast