The Romans Flashcards
Senate
Government
Empire
One country that controls several other lands
Partrician
Rich, wealthy person
Plebeian
Poor person
Legion
Big sections of the army
Auxilia
Back-up army
Villa
A Partricians house
Atrium
A room in a villa with no roof, a pool, a fountain, statues and plants
Mosaics
Tiny pieces of glass or tile on the floors of villas
Murals
Paintings on the walls of villas
Insulae
Wooden flats that Plebeians lived in
Oratory
The art of public speaking
Dole
Handouts of bread from the government
Toga
The official dress of Rome, a sheet draped around the body, worn over a knee-length tunic by men
Stola
A long woollen tunic worn by women after they got married
Catacomb
Underground graves outside of Rome
Lares
The household God that every family had a shrine to
Pantheon
A temple to all the Gods in Rome