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Lapilli

Small, light rock like fragments ejected from the volcano

Nuee Ardente

An avalanche as a combination of hot gas, ash, pumice and rock debris

Pyroclastic flow

A flow of volcanic ash and other debris that pours down the slope of a volcano during an eruption

Pyroclastic Surge

A mass of gas and rock fragments ejected during an eruption that eventually falling to the ground. It contains a higher portion of gas and is faster moving

Graffitto

Drawing or inscriptions, scratched or painted on walls

Programmata

An election slogan or policy statement

Taberna

Small shops and workshops opening onto the street

Dolium

Sarge squat wide mouthed jar

Amphitheatre

open aired arena

Apodyterium

Changing room of public baths that had long benches with niches in the wall for clothes

Calidarium

Hottest room of a Roman bath with a heated pool

Capitolium

Temple of Jupiter, dedicated to the protectors of the Roman state: Jupiter, Juno, Minerva

Colonnade

Series of regularly placed columns, supporting a roof

Eumachia

Priestess of the imperial cult who built a large building in the forum at her own expense

Forum

Open public square surrounded by a complex of buildings which were the focus of religious, commercial, administrative and judicial afffairs

Frigidarium

Cold room of a Roman bath containing a plunge pool of cold water

Hypocaust

A floor raised on small columns to allow hot air to circulate underneath

Macellum

Covered produce market in the Forum

Odeon

Small theatre with a permanent roof used for musical concerts, poetry recitals and lectures

Palaestra

Open-aired sports and exercise ground surrounded by a colonnade

Portico

Colonnade surrounding a large open area, such as the Forum

Thermae

Baths

Aediles

Those responsible for the upkeep of public buildings and administrative work e.g. giving out permits

Basilica

Large colonnaded hall used for law courts and commercial transactions

Comitium

Roofless building on a Forum where people assembled for voting or for public meetings

Curia

The meeting house of the Forum where the city council met

Ordo Decurianum

Town council

Decuriones

Town councillors

Liberti

Slaves who had been given their freedom

Duoviri

Presided over town council, oversight of revenue and taxation

Quinquennales

Every five years, revision of citizenship and council rolls

Culina

Kitchen

Toga

Long woollen or linen outer garment, draped over the shoulder and wrapped around the body

Stola

A long woollen female garment reaching from the shoulders to the ankles