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Roman History > Midterm 1 Words of the Day > Flashcards

Midterm 1 Words of the Day Flashcards

1
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Aeneas

A

Prince of Troy, travelled to Italy on 7 year journey, founded Lavinium, ancestor of Rome

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2
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Civitas

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Latin meaning an organized city or city state

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3
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Indo-European

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Refers to those who migrated from modern day Ukraine in 2000 BC

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4
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Palatine

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The one of the seven hills upon which Rome was founded

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5
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Romulus

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Mythological figure and founder of Rome

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Augustus

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The first emperor of Rome

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Cursus publicus

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The “public way”; a system of roads with waystations and messengers to relay communications quickly, formed by Augustus

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Limites

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The boundaries of the Empire, to the North the Rhine and Danube rivers, to the East the Euphrates river, the deserts of Arabia, the Sahara desert and the edge of Europe (excluding Britain)

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Pax Augusta

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“Peace of Augustus”, a period of peace at the start of the Empire

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10
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Princeps

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Emperor

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11
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Principate

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The Empire

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Republic

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A government based on a principle of equal shares (though not entirely democratic)

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Res publica

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Latin for “public matter”

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14
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Cliens

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Client of a patron

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15
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Enfranchisement

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Granting the right of citizenship

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16
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Equestrian

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Order of Decurions and Publicans

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17
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Ordo

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Order

18
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Patrician

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The senatorial class

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Patron

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Sponsor

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Plebeian

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Commoners

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Proletarian

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22
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Familia

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Household

23
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Materfamilias

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Mother of the household

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Paterfamilias

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Father of the household

25
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Pater patriae

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Father of the fatherland

26
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Patria potestas

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Fatherly power

27
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Cupid

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Roman god of love, carried a lot of weapons and traps and things

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Lupanar

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A brothel

29
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Pederasty

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An older man with a younger man

30
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Pompeii

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Town that got destroyed by volcano in 79 AD

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Priapus

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God of phallic stuff

32
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Atrium

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Hall

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Cubiculum

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Bedroom

34
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Domus

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Townhouse

35
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Forum

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Main public market

36
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Litter

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Wealthy Roans were carried on these mobile couches

37
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Peristylum

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Courtyard

38
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Tablinum

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Office

39
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Triclinium

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Dining area

40
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Vestibulum

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Forecourt

41
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Villa

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Vacation homes in the country

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