Midterms Freshman Year Flashcards
Aescuapius
God of medicine and healing
Bulla
Locket worn by children with first toenail clippings and hair
Codex
Bound manuscript book made of parchment
Parchment
Made of animal hide
Cognomen
3rd
Designating a narrow family within a larger family
Empire
3rd government of Rome
Emperors
Janus
God of threshold beginnings and endings
Lararium
Shrine dedicated to the lares of the home
Lares
Gods of individual Roman households
Libertus
Freed Roman Slave
Manes
Spirits of the dead
Mangones
Dealers of slaves
Manumisso
Setting free of alaves
Manus
Hand
Can transfer Slave of full marriage of woman can set free Slave
Monarchy
1st Roman government
Kings ruled
Nomen
2nd
Name of large family
Numina
Divine spirits
Palla
Woman shawl
Papyrus
Paper made from papyrus used in scrolls or sheets
Paterfamilias
Head of household
Patria potestas
Legal power over household
Penates
Deities of Roman households larder
Pilleus
Felt cap worn by freed Slave
Praenomen
1st
First name