Romans In Britain Glossary

Question 1

What is a client king?

Answer 1

A ruler put in charge by the romans

Question 2

What is a Roman province?

Answer 2

An area outside of Roman Italy, controlled by romans

Question 3

Romanisation is?

Answer 3

How the romans integrated newly conquered groups into their empire

Question 4

What is a camp/fort referred to as?

Answer 4

Castra

Question 5

Centuria is a ?

Answer 5

Century (80 soldiers)

Question 6

What’s a centurio?

Answer 6

Centurion (in charge of a century)

Question 7

What is a cohor?

Answer 7

Cohort (six centuries)

Question 8

What is a legatus?

Answer 8

Commander of a legion

Question 9

What is a optio?

Answer 9

Second in command of the century

Question 10

What is a groma?

Answer 10

Surveying tool, to plan straight roads

Question 11

Cottage villas are the _____ type of Roman villa.

Answer 11

Simplest

Question 12

Corridor villas are villas with a ?

Answer 12

Covered walkway

Question 13

_______ villas are the most complex type of Roman villa.

Answer 13

Courtyard

Question 14

Winged corridor villas are?

Answer 14

Villas with rooms sticking out at the end

Question 15

Sulis minerva is?

Answer 15

The goddess to whom the sacred spring in aquae sulis was sacred

Question 16

Syncretism is?

Answer 16

The combining of gods from different religions

Question 17

Votive offering is?

Answer 17

An object offered as a gift to god

Question 18

Apodyterium is?

Answer 18

Changing room

Question 19

Caldarium is?

Answer 19

Hot room

Question 20

Frigidarium is?

Answer 20

Cold room

Question 21

Palaestra is?

Answer 21

The exercise area

Question 22

Tepidarium is?

Answer 22

The warm room

Question 23

Therma means?

Answer 23

Bath(s)