Miscellaneous Flashcards
1
Q
Via Appia
A
Appian Way- from Rome to Capua early on, then extended to Brundisium; known as the queen of the roads-: “regina viarum”- built by Appius Claudius Caecus in 312 B.C.
2
Q
Via Sacra
A
road which ran through the forum
3
Q
Mare Nostum
A
“our sea”-Mediterranean
4
Q
Patria potestas
A
power of father over familia
5
Q
Pater familias
A
head of family
6
Q
basilica
A
law court
7
Q
curia
A
senate house
8
Q
cloaca maxima
A
great sewer
9
Q
insulae
A
apartment buildings
10
Q
vigiles
A
firemen/police
11
Q
cisium
A
lightweight, 2 wheeled vehicle
12
Q
raeda
A
4 wheeled carriage, comfortable and large
13
Q
lectica
A
litter (carried by 4 slaves)
14
Q
praeficae
A
professional mourners
15
Q
neniae
A
dirges
16
Q
conclamatio
A
oldest son shakes father 3 times and calls his name
17
Q
sarcophagus
A
stone coffin
18
Q
columbarium
A
underground chamber for urns holding the ahses of a creameted person
