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29 Cards in this Set
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praenomen
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men's name to distinguish between brother
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nomen
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family name
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cognomen
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nickname
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women's names
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feminine form of nomen
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ab urbe condita
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AUC - years since foundation of Rome (753BC)
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Kalends
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1st day of every month
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Nones
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5th day of the month
or 7th day of the month (March, May, July, October) |
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Ides
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13th day of the month
or 15th day of the month (March, May, July, October) |
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toga
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freedmen's wear
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palla
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women's wear- cloak
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stola
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women's dress with belt
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funerary law (burial)
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- outside city walls
- no vandalism (great respect) - heir responsible for costs/upkeep - epitaphs - one corpse per grave |
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life expectancy
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- aristocratic class lives 70's-90's
- women died in childbirth - men died in war - families had 6-7 children to keep up population |
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funerary law
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- limited mourning period
- no purple/white clothing - funeral clubs - necropolis |
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Trajan's Market
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shopping mall with no fewer than 150 shops
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intercalary month
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- Numa Pompilius
- introduction of "leap month" so that years could follow lunar/solar patterns |
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as
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small denomination
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Millia passuum
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≈ 4856 feet
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sestertius
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= 4 as
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denarius
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= 4 sesterius
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aureus
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= 25 denarius
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ientaculum
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breakfast
- bread - wine - grapes - milk - eggs - wheat |
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prandium
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lunch; solid dishes
- bread - figs - nuts - olives - cheese |
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cena
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dinner
- entree - sides - desserts |
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entrees
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- fish
- eggs - salads - cabbages |
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sides
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Farina,
turnips, radishes, leaks, garlic anything that would grow, they would eat |
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desserts
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- confections
- preserves - fruit |
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Apicius
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Roman recipe book
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triclinium
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roman dining room
eat from couches |
