Romans Flashcards
Atrium
Patricians courtyard
Villa
A patricians house
Mosaic
Pictures and designs made from tiny pieces of glass or tiles
Mural
A wall painting
Insulae
Roman blocks of flats where plebeians lived
Oratory
A way of public speaking
Cena
The main meal
Dole
Government handouts of bread to plebeians
Atrium
Patricians courtyard
Peristyle
The wall around the atrium
Mosaic
Pictures and designs made from tiny pieces of glass or tiles
Mural
A wall painting
Insulae
Roman blocks of flats where plebeians lived
Oratory
A way of public speaking
Cena
The main meal
Dole
Government handouts of bread to plebeians
Toga
It’s like a sheet draped in graceful folds around the body
Stola
A long woollen tunic only worn by married women
Lares
A shrine at home to household gods
Treason
Betraying your country
Catacombs
Underground cemeteries
Urn
Jars for ashes of cremated bodies
Caldarium
A hot room
Frigidarium
A cold public room
Gladiator
Slaves who fought each other or animals for the entertainment of the crowd
Barbarians
The Roman names for warlike tribes
