Latin - Pompeii Flashcards
1
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Impluvium
A
The well in which water would fall into from the hole in a roof.
2
Q
Atrium
A
Main entrance room of the house.
3
Q
Cubiculum
A
Typically small bedrooms on either side of the atrium.
4
Q
Peristylium
A
A colonnaded garden, which was a private area for the family
5
Q
Triclinium
A
Dining room (three couches)
6
Q
Ianua
A
Door
12
Q
Mensa Ponderaria
A
Public weights and measures table
13
Q
Curia
A
The third municipal office, and a meeting place for the town council.
14
Q
Decurions
A
Members of the town council.
15
Q
Eumachia
A
The building of cloth trade
16
Q
Macellum
A
Meat and fish market
17
Q
Basilica
A
Mainly a law court, also a business centre
18
Q
Comitium
A
A polling station where the town’s elections were held.
19
Q
Aediles
A
Two magistrates less important than the Duovirs
21
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Duovirs
A
Two most important magistrates.
Literally ‘two men’
