CLA101 Flashcards

(39 cards)

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Ad sanctos

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The custom or arranging to be buried in or beside a church

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Aenatores

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Musicians; also known as “brassmen”

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Apicius

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a collection of ancient roman recipes

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4
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Caupona

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Inn

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Census

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systematically acquiring taxes from roman citizens

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Centurion

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Commander of the century

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Cursus honorum

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the sequential order of public offices held by aspiring politicians in the roman empire

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Cursus Publicus

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The state-run currier and transportation of the service of the roman empire.postal system

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Deversorium

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hotel

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Diploma

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A letter of recommendation/privileges/ passage

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Egeria

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a female advisor

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Eleusis

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Eleusis was a deme of Athens and most famous for its annual festival

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Ex voto

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a religious offering given in order to fulfill a vow.

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Freedperson

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enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery

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15
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Hecatomb

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a great public sacrafice

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Helena

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[Saint Helena] was an Empress of the Roman Empire, and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great.

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Hospitium

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is the ancient roman concept of hospitality as a divine right of the guest

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Itineraia

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ancient roman road map with cities, villages and other stops

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Katagogion

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The Katagogion was the main building where the visitor/patients found accommodation during their stay.

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Liquamen

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is a fish sauce that was used i ancient Roman

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Madaba Map

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on the floor Saint George church depicting the map of the middle east

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Manumission

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is the act of a slave owner freeing his or her slaves

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Peregrinus

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a free provincial subject of the Empire who was not a Roman citizen

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Peutinger Map

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a full of colourful detail and featuring land routes across Europe, for roman travels and curriers

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Preufectus castrorum
the third most senior commander of the Roman army "camp perfect"
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Roman forum
is a rectangular forum (plaza) surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the centre of the city of Rome.
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Romanitas
Romanitas is the collection of political and cultural concepts and practices by which the Romans defined themselves.
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servile War
The Servile War was the last in a series of slave rebellions against the Roman Republic
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Agora
The agora was a central public space in ancient Greek city-states
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Stabulum
stable
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Standard
was a prominent symbol used in ancient Rome, especially as the standard of a Roman legion.
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Synoikism
was originally the amalgamation of villages in Ancient Greece into poleis, or city-states.
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Taberna
was a single room shop covered by a barrel vault within great indoor markets of ancient Rome
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Theoroi
an Ancient Greece were sacred ambassadors, messengers sent out by the state which was about to organize a Panhellenic Game or Festival
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Thermopolium
cafe
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triclinium
is a formal dining room in a Roman building.
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Trimalchio
a character in the Roman novel. He is a freedman who worked hard and with perseverance attained power and wealth.
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Trireme
a war galley with three rows of oars
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Utopia
A utopia is an imagined community or society that possesses highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities for its citizens.