Rome Flashcards
Patrician
The rich people in the Roman Empire
Roman Empire
A civilisation of people that started off as a village and became a city
Plebeian
The poor people in the Roman Empire
Domus
A house that a patrician lived in. It opened up into a atrium, it had barely any furniture
Atrium
A open space in a domus similar to a court yard
Impluvian
The sunken part of a roman house used to collect rainwater
Insulae
The houses plebians lived in. They were small wooden flats. There was only water supplies to the first floor. They were made of wood so they could not cook. They had eat out.
Thermoploia
The shops were plebians ate out.
Oratory
The art of public speaking
Toga
The
Stola
The main dress for women in Rome
Dole
The grain supply for the city of Rome
Lares
The household shrine to the gods
Catacombs
The underground place for burying the dead
Caldarium
The steam room in the baths