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Key Latin Terms Flashcards

1
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Pietas

A

Obligations to family, gods and country

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Severitas

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Strict, strong, sticking to principles

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3
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Dignitas

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Reputation - positive(dignity), esteemed

Remembering to visit someone

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4
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Philanthropy

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Spending money for the public

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5
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Dictator perpetua

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Position held by Julius Caesar from 44 BC till his death

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Imperium maius

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Enhanced command

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7
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Divi filius

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Son of a God

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Imperartor

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Victorious commander

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9
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Iustitia

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Justice

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10
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Clementia

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Mercy

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11
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Divi Julius

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Divine Julius

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‘O puer, qui omnia nomini debes’

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

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13
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Actoritas

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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”

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Clipeus virtutis

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Shield of bravery (awarded to Augustus

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15
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Virtu

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Good qualities

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16
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Princeps

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First

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Primus inter pares

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First among equals

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Imperium proconsulare

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

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Princeps senates

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Father of the house (usually given to oldest senator)

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Imperium proconsulare maius

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Command over provinces (enhanced)

21
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Tribunicia potesta

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Tribune for life

22
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Pax deorum

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Peace of the Gods

23
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Vitium

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Religious error/neglect

24
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Ira deorum

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Anger of the Gods

25
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Penates

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Household Gods

26
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Lares

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God’s of location

27
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Polytheistic

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Multiple Gods

28
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Familia

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Household - relationships/slaves/clients

29
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Pater familia

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Head of the family/ father of the house

30
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Matrona

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Mother of the house

31
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Mos maiorum

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

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Fides

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Faith

33
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Cultus

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Care of the Gods

34
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Virtus

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Manly virtues

35
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Dignitas

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Reputation

36
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Gravitas

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Seriousness

37
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Chaste, modest, reserved

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Female relatives of Roman politicians

38
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Plebeian

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Common people

39
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Patrician

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Upper class (not wealth wise)

40
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Veto

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Right to prevent something

41
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Concilium plebis

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Plebeian council/ assembly

42
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“Alea lacta est”

A

And the die is cast

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