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Aedile

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a Roman magistrate whose duties included maintaining the city of Rome and arrangement of public festivals and games

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ager publicus

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public land in Italy which had been confiscated from a conquering enemy

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Ager Romanus

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land comprising the Roman state

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agnomen

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an additional surname added to the praenomen, nomen, and cognomen to indicate a great victory, an adoption or special attribute

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amici

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friends

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amicitia

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friendship

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aquila

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an eagle- generally referring to the standard carried by a Roman legion onto battle, which featured and eagle

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auctoritas

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great authority, influence and prestige

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auspicium

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the right of taking auspices

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censi

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assessments made according to property for division of people into military classes

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century

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a division of the Roman army lead by a centurion

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cliens

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a client or dependent- a free man who entrusted himself to another and received protection in return

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cognomen

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the family name

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collegia

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official title for the four great priestly colleges (guilds)

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comitia

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assembly of the Roman people summoned in groups by the magistrate

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comitia centuriata

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assembly of the Roman people sitting and voting in their military centuries

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comitia curiata

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assembly of the Roman people sitting and voting in their parishes

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comitia tributa

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assembly of the Roman people sitting and voting in their tribes

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concilium

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general name for any assembly or gathering

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concilium plebis

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assembly of plebs only

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concordia ordinum

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harmony of the orders

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consulars

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those who had held the consulship

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cursus honorum

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the ladder of office that an aspiring politician was expected to climb

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fasces

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a bundle of rods enclosing an axe and carried by lictors- symbol of imperium

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imperium

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supreme authority, including the right to flog or execute, held by tonsils, praetors and dictators

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intercessio

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the right of a magistrate to veto a motion carried by another magistrate

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iugera

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a measure of land

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lex

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laws

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lictor

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ow of the attendants of magistrates with imperium

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maids imperium

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imperium greater than all others

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magister equitum

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master of the horse- assistant to the dictator

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muli Mariani

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Marius’ mules- soldiers from the time of Marius’ military reforms who carried all their needs

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municipia

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communities that had received partial Roman citizenship

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nomen

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clan name

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novus homo

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a new man- the first in a family to reach the consulship

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optimates

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‘best men’- a term coming into use after the time of the Gracchi and referring to the majority of the members of the senatorial oligarchy, who wished to maintain the status quo whereby the body controlled the Roman state

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optimo iure

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full Roman citizenship, with private and public rights

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pater patriae

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father of the country

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patria potestas

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paternal authority

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plebs

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the common people, lower class

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pomerium

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sacred boundary around Rome which no Roman in arms was permitted to cross except for the purpose of a triumph

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pontifex maximus

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chief priest

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populares

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a minority in the senate who sought to gain the support of the people’s assembly on their desire for reform of self-advancement

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praenomen

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personal name

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praetor

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a Roman magistrate whose chief duties were judicial

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publicani

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tax collectors

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quaestor

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a Roman magistrate whose duties were chiefly financial

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senatus consulta

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decrees of the state- advice of the senate to the magistrates

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senatus consultum ultimum

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an emergency decree of the senate, usually interpreted as authorising the consul to use every means to save the state

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silvae callesque

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a type of forestry commission

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tribuni plebis

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tribunes of the plebs

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