Roman Empire Flashcards

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Patrician

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A rich Roman person

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Roman Empire

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Was the post republican period of the ancient roman civilisation characterised by government and lead by emperors and large territorial holdings around the Mediterranean Sea

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Plebeian

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Poor Roman people

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Domus

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A wealthy persons house also known as a villa

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Atrium

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Open area in domus or villa

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Implunium

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It is the underground bit of a domus used to carry away rain water

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Peristyle

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Building surrounding a court that might have an internal garden

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Insulae

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They were apartments for poor people

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Thermopolia

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Like a takeaway because you could not cook in apartments

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Oratory

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Public speaking for rich kids

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Toga

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A dress / a tunic

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Stola

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What women would wear when married

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Dole

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Free food for plebeians

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Lares

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House hold gods

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Catacombs

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Underground cemetery outside of city walls

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Circus maximus

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Chariot races in held in a race track style building

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Colesium

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Gladiators often fought there against each other and themselves

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Gladiator

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Usually a plebeian slave fighter