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Cloaca maxima |
It was built as a canal through the Forum Romanum in the sixth century BCE |
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Sacra via |
sacred route |
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Regia |
Kings house |
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Curia |
council house for roman senate |
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Comitium |
Open air meeting space for public assemblies |
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Praenomen |
personal name |
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Nomen |
Family name |
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Cognomen |
Surname |
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Dies fasti |
Formal working days |
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Dies nefasti |
when business was suspended |
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5 values |
Mos Maiorum Nobilus Dignitas Autocritas Amicitae |
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Mos Maiorum |
traditions of ancestors, unwritten constitution of laws and conduct in Rome |
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6 corner stones of Mos Maiorum |
Fides Pietas Religio Disciplina Constantia Gravitas |
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Fides |
fidelity, loyalty, faith |
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Pietas |
Piety, devotion, patriotism, duty |
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Religio |
Religious scruple, reference for higher powers, precision of conduct |
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Disciplina |
Discipline, dilligence |
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Constantia |
Firmness, steadiness |
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Gravitas |
seriousness, dignity, authority |
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Nobilis |
Roman upper class, men known to all, those who have become famous through service to state |
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Dignitas |
Social concept, sum of personal power and influence of a male citizen throughout life including personal reputation, moral standing and ethical worth |
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Autocritas |
great authority, influence and prestige |
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Amicitae |
Political friendships and connections |
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Taberna |
shops rented, can be used as sheds or housing for poor clients |
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Fauces |
Narrow corridor from front door to Atrium |
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Cublicium |
small rooms used for bedrooms and libraries |
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Ala |
wings to Atrium with various purposes inc. workstations |
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Triclinium |
dining room, often multiple for different times of year |
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Peristyle |
Garden surrounded by columns and shady roofed wlakway |
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Vestibulum |
Passageway to main door |
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Atrium |
Large airy room, no roof, formal area guests received, clients assembled to wait for customary morning visits to patrons and family occasions |
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Impluvium |
collected water and cooled atrium |
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Tablinium |
reception area, enclosed study, records, finances, lararium |
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Culina |
Kitchen |
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Exedra |
Led from peristyle, meeting, dining, lounge room |
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Posticum |
side entrances usually used by slaves |
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Cursus honorum |
Pathway to advancement |
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Quaestors |
administered finances of state treasury and served in various capacities in provinces |
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Tribunes |
Plebians because office established to protect them from unrestricted actions of magistrates, primary power negative, could veto |
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Praetors |
Judges in law court, convene senate and assemblies, assumed duties of consul if absent |
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Consuls |
Chief magistrates, convened and presided over senate and assemblies, initiated and administered legislation, served as generals in military campaigns, represented Rome in foreign affairs |
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3 assemblies |
Comitia curiata Comitia centuriata Comitia Tributa |
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Comitia Curiata |
Assembly of curia |
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Comitia centuriata |
Assembly of centuries, elected consuls, praetors, censors, declared war, death appeal |
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Comitia tributa |
elected all other magistrates, votes yes or no |
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Auspices |
Observing and interpreting natural phenomena as omens of gods |
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5 religious officials |
Flamens Fetiales Vestal virgins Augurs Pontiffs |
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Pointiffs |
advised chief magistrates, guardians of divine law, established criminal code, arranged dates of religious festivals |
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Augurs |
Supervised and interpreted auspices |
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Flamens |
specialised priests of individual gods, to whom they sacrificed |
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Fetiales |
Interpreted laws governing international relations, rituals for declaring war, concluding treaties, protected foreign ambassadors, supervised extradition |