Midterm 1 Words of the Day

Question 1

Aeneas

Answer 1

Prince of Troy, travelled to Italy on 7 year journey, founded Lavinium, ancestor of Rome

Question 2

Civitas

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Latin meaning an organized city or city state

Question 3

Indo-European

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Refers to those who migrated from modern day Ukraine in 2000 BC

Question 4

Palatine

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The one of the seven hills upon which Rome was founded

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Romulus

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Mythological figure and founder of Rome

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Augustus

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The first emperor of Rome

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Cursus publicus

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The “public way”; a system of roads with waystations and messengers to relay communications quickly, formed by Augustus

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Limites

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The boundaries of the Empire, to the North the Rhine and Danube rivers, to the East the Euphrates river, the deserts of Arabia, the Sahara desert and the edge of Europe (excluding Britain)

Question 9

Pax Augusta

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“Peace of Augustus”, a period of peace at the start of the Empire

Question 10

Princeps

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Emperor

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Principate

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The Empire

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Republic

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A government based on a principle of equal shares (though not entirely democratic)

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Res publica

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Latin for “public matter”

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Cliens

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Client of a patron

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Enfranchisement

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Granting the right of citizenship

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Equestrian

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Order of Decurions and Publicans

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Ordo

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Order

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Patrician

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The senatorial class

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Patron

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Sponsor

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Plebeian

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Commoners

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Proletarian

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Familia

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Household

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Materfamilias

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Mother of the household

Question 24

Paterfamilias

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Father of the household

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Pater patriae

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Father of the fatherland

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Patria potestas

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Fatherly power

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Cupid

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Roman god of love, carried a lot of weapons and traps and things

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Lupanar

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A brothel

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Pederasty

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An older man with a younger man

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Pompeii

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Town that got destroyed by volcano in 79 AD

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Priapus

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God of phallic stuff

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Atrium

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Hall

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Cubiculum

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Bedroom

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Domus

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Townhouse

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Forum

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Main public market

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Litter

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Wealthy Roans were carried on these mobile couches

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Peristylum

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Courtyard

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Tablinum

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Office

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Triclinium

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Dining area

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Vestibulum

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Forecourt

Question 41

Villa

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Vacation homes in the country