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Pompeii + Herculaneum Flashcards

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Aediles

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Magistrates responsible for maintaining public buildings and spaces

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Amphitheater

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An oval shaped building providing seating, entertainment venue

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Amphora

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A clay vessel for liquids - two handles storage jar (oval body tapering to a point at the bottom)

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Atrium

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Open space, central public space of Roman house and centre of religious and social activity

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Basicilia

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A multi-purpose building mainly used for politicians as a justice building

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Bay of Naples

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The bat on which the cities of Vesuvius are located. A rich body of water teeming with sea life

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Caldarium

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A hot bath room with a rectangular heated bath

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Campania

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The region in which the cities of Vesuvius are located (Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabaie, Misenum, Oplontis, etc)

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Capitolium

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Temple of Jupiter - dedicated to Jupiter, Minerva, Junk, state religion

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Caupona

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A bar, tavern, inn

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Castellum

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Main water tank

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Client

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A subservient in a relationship who has a patron for protection and guidance

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Compluvium

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Square cut hole on the roof of a private house within the atrium to provide light, air, water

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Consul

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One of two annually elected chief magistrates in the Roman political system

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Curia

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A town council

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Solis

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Terracotta pots in thermopolia contained drinks

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Dominus

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Master, head of the domus

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Domus

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Roman household

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Doric Column

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A type of Ancient Greek column featuring a smooth or fluted column and a smooth, round capital

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Duumvir

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Men elected to supervise a town

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Familia

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Roman family that lived in the household including the slaves

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Forum

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A public Roman space with building used for town gathering, official religion and trade

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Fresco

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Painting done on a plaster wall, while pasta is still wet

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Fullonica

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Cleaning and production of cloth for clothing, laundry

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Frigidarium

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A room with a circular cold bath

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Gary’s

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A rich fish sauce, made from fermented fish

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Genius

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God of the male line of descent, the family spirits

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Hellenistic

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Relations to Greek and Mediterranean history

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Hypocrisy

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An ancient Roman heating system whereby air heated by furnaces was directed into hollow spaces beneath the floors of buildings

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Greave

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Amour won to protect the lower leg

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Impluvium

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The shallow pool which collected rain water under the compluvium

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Insula

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A block of buildings

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Lararium

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The shrine to the lares (household gods)

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Peristyle

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A row of columns enclosing a court or other space, or the pave surrounded by these columns

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Guilds

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Associations of craftsmen or merchants

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Libertus

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A former slave who has gained freedom

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Plinian Flow

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A dense, hot, dry avalanche of ground-hugging molten rock, Pumice and gas that moves more slowly than a surge, reaching up to 50km per hour

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Pyroclastic Flow

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A low-density turbulent cloud of hot ash and rock that billows over the ground travelling at incredibly high speeds of up to 300km per hour

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Lares

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Household deities

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Macellum

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Large, covered meat and fish market in the Forum

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Mosaic

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A pattern made with a small square coloured stones or glass

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Odeon

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Small theatre

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Palaestra

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Public exercise ground for military and youth

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Papyri

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Sheets made from sliced water plants, used for writing

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Paterfamilias

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Highest ranking male in the family, Roman household patriarchal

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Patron

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Powerful person who protects and leads his followers

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Peristyle

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A colonnade around an outside private garden

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Pistrinum

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A shops that produced and sells bread, bakery

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Programmata

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Epigraphic sources - election sources

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Sarno river

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One of the main eh era flowing through the Campanian region. Used for fresh water and travelling

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Senator

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Roman who has public office within the senate of Rome

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Sesteree

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A bronze or silver Roman coin valued at a quarter of a denarius

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Taberna

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Small workshops opening onto the street

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Tablinum

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Public reception area of the atrium where household records are kept

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Tepidarium

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A warm pool room

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Termae

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Hot baths in a communal bath complex

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Thermopolium

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A shop that produces and serves hot food and drinks

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Triclinium

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Formal dining room in private homes containing three couches

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Vestibulum

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Enter acne area to a private house

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Villa rustica

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A Roman house - Villa rustica: A working farmhouse and property, often also a vineyard. Villa Maritime: A seaside house

Cities Of Vesuvius - Key Words (3 decks)

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