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Latin - Rome Flashcards

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Familia

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Meant more than just family - included all the slaves in the household.

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Patron

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A wealthy man

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Clientes

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Poorer Romans who would attach themselves to a patron.

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Paterfamilias

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The male head of a Roman household.

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Larium

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Family shrine

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Triclinium

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Dining room (the three couch room)

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Cena

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Dinner party

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Lares

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Spirits of the family ancestors

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Litterarius

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A school which boys and girls began going to at seven

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Grammaticus

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A school which boys and some wealthier girls would go to at 14.

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Rhetor

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A school the wealthiest boys would attend at 16.

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Penates

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Spirits of the larder

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Pronaos

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Porch (where open air rituals were performed)

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Cella

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Main room of a temple.

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Mola salsa

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Sacred bread

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Soothsayer

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Someone who would examine the animal for omens before it was sacrificed.

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Pontifex

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Priest

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Popa

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A hammer blow which would stun the sacrificial animal.

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Munus

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A duty

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Gladius

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A sword

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Lanista

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The man responsible for training the gladiators

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Greave

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Armour to protect the lower leg.

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Ad flammas

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Burnings (for capital crimes)

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Mitte

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“Release him” - called out by those who urged for a gladiator’s mercy.

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Iugula

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This would be showed if the gladiator had fought badly.

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Venator

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The trained hunter, a level below a gladiator.

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Bestiarius

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Beast-fighter

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Venatio

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The hunt

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Ima cavea

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The lowest tier of seating in the colosseum

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Media cavea

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The middle tier of seating in the colosseum

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Summa cavea

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The upper tier of seating in the colosseum

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Cavea

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Seating

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Bestiarii or Venetores

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The men who had to fight the animals in the arena.

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Circus Maximus

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The ‘great circle’ where the chariot racing took place.

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Pulvinar

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Imperial box

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Carceres

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Starting gates

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Spina

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Masonry rib running down the centre of the circus Maximus

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Metae

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Turning posts

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Septum ova

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Seven eggs

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Factiones

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Teams

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Milarii

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Star charioteers

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Stylus

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Pen

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Calamus

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Ink pen, often with a spoon end for mixing ink.

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Suasoria

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Famous men or characters in history.

51
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Paedagogus

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A Greek slave who acted as a tutor to young boys.

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