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Atrium

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Patricians courtyard

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Villa

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A patricians house

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Mosaic

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Pictures and designs made from tiny pieces of glass or tiles

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Mural

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A wall painting

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Insulae

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Roman blocks of flats where plebeians lived

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Oratory

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A way of public speaking

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Cena

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The main meal

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Dole

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Government handouts of bread to plebeians

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Atrium

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Patricians courtyard

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Peristyle

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The wall around the atrium

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Mosaic

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Pictures and designs made from tiny pieces of glass or tiles

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Mural

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A wall painting

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Insulae

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Roman blocks of flats where plebeians lived

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Oratory

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A way of public speaking

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Cena

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The main meal

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Dole

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Government handouts of bread to plebeians

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Toga

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It’s like a sheet draped in graceful folds around the body

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Stola

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A long woollen tunic only worn by married women

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Lares

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A shrine at home to household gods

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Treason

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Betraying your country

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Catacombs

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Underground cemeteries

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Urn

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Jars for ashes of cremated bodies

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Caldarium

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A hot room

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Frigidarium

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A cold public room

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Gladiator

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Slaves who fought each other or animals for the entertainment of the crowd

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Barbarians

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The Roman names for warlike tribes

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