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Cloaca maxima

It was built as a canal through the Forum Romanum in the sixth century BCE

Sacra via

sacred route

Regia

Kings house

Curia

council house for roman senate

Comitium

Open air meeting space for public assemblies

Praenomen

personal name

Nomen

Family name

Cognomen

Surname

Dies fasti

Formal working days

Dies nefasti

when business was suspended

5 values

Mos Maiorum


Nobilus


Dignitas


Autocritas


Amicitae

Mos Maiorum

traditions of ancestors, unwritten constitution of laws and conduct in Rome

6 corner stones of Mos Maiorum

Fides


Pietas


Religio


Disciplina


Constantia


Gravitas

Fides

fidelity, loyalty, faith

Pietas

Piety, devotion, patriotism, duty

Religio

Religious scruple, reference for higher powers, precision of conduct

Disciplina

Discipline, dilligence

Constantia

Firmness, steadiness

Gravitas

seriousness, dignity, authority

Nobilis

Roman upper class, men known to all, those who have become famous through service to state

Dignitas

Social concept, sum of personal power and influence of a male citizen throughout life including personal reputation, moral standing and ethical worth

Autocritas

great authority, influence and prestige

Amicitae

Political friendships and connections

Taberna

shops rented, can be used as sheds or housing for poor clients

Fauces

Narrow corridor from front door to Atrium

Cublicium

small rooms used for bedrooms and libraries

Ala

wings to Atrium with various purposes inc. workstations

Triclinium

dining room, often multiple for different times of year

Peristyle

Garden surrounded by columns and shady roofed wlakway

Vestibulum

Passageway to main door

Atrium

Large airy room, no roof, formal area guests received, clients assembled to wait for customary morning visits to patrons and family occasions

Impluvium

collected water and cooled atrium

Tablinium

reception area, enclosed study, records, finances, lararium

Culina

Kitchen

Exedra

Led from peristyle, meeting, dining, lounge room

Posticum

side entrances usually used by slaves

Cursus honorum

Pathway to advancement

Quaestors

administered finances of state treasury and served in various capacities in provinces

Tribunes

Plebians because office established to protect them from unrestricted actions of magistrates, primary power negative, could veto

Praetors

Judges in law court, convene senate and assemblies, assumed duties of consul if absent

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

3 assemblies

Comitia curiata


Comitia centuriata


Comitia Tributa

Comitia Curiata

Assembly of curia

Comitia centuriata

Assembly of centuries, elected consuls, praetors, censors, declared war, death appeal

Comitia tributa

elected all other magistrates, votes yes or no

Auspices

Observing and interpreting natural phenomena as omens of gods

5 religious officials

Flamens


Fetiales


Vestal virgins


Augurs


Pontiffs



Pointiffs

advised chief magistrates, guardians of divine law, established criminal code, arranged dates of religious festivals

Augurs

Supervised and interpreted auspices

Flamens

specialised priests of individual gods, to whom they sacrificed

Fetiales

Interpreted laws governing international relations, rituals for declaring war, concluding treaties, protected foreign ambassadors, supervised extradition