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74 Cards in this Set
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Missum/Misso Fac!
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A saying that means you want a gladiator to be freed/spared
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Iugula!
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"Kill him!" "Cut his throat!"
Used when you think he's a coward |
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Hoc Habet
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"He's had it!"
When a gladiator holds up on finger and gives up, he kills himself or helps the other kill him |
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Retiarius
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Type of gladiator. Latin word for "net", so a net man. Net has weights.
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Galerus
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Big metal shoulder armour strapped to one shoulder
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Manica
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Thick leather sleeve that protects his arm
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Thracian
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Type of gladiator. Greek style gladiator.
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Parmi
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Pizza-sized shield
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Ocreae
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Greaves, leg armour
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Murmillo
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Type of gladiator. Gallic gladiator, type of fish (which he has on his helmet)
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Samnite
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Type of gladiator. Rome's ancient enemies
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Hoplomachus
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Type of gladiator. Armed to resemble a Greek Hoplite
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Secutor
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Class of gladiator, meaning "follower"
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Gladius
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Primary sword of ancient foot soldiers
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Gladius Hispaniensis
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Short Spanish sword, usually used for stabbing
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Mainz
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Where these swords were first seen
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Spatha
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Became common sword in later decades. Straight and long sword
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Katana, Iaido, Iaito
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Japanese swords
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St. Augustine
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Father of early Christian church
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Alypius
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Friend of St. Augustine. Was originally his student. From Thagaste
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Summa Rudis
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Head referee
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Secunda Rudis
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Second referee/linesman
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Rudis
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Sword given to retired gladiators
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Pugio
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Dagger
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Pilium
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Spear
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Galea
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Helmet
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Braccae
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Wool trousers
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Aquila
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Symbol of an eagel
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Aquilifer
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Senior legionary who beared the eagle
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Scutum
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Military sheild
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Lorica
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Chest armour
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Lorica Hamata
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Roman chain mail armour, hard to make and expensive
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Lorica Segmentata
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Segmented plates body armour
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Lorica Squamata
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Small metal scale armour
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Sagum
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Simple rectangular segment of cloth worn on top of armour, more practical than a toga
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Caligae
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Heavy-soled military boots
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Imago
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Wax mask of an ancestors face used at funerals
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Imaginifier
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Carried the imago of the emporer
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Signum/Signifier
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Carried by signifiers of symbols
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Vexillum
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Flag
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Pulvinar
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Cushioned couch/throne for diety
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Circus Maximus
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Large circus like place where they held chariot races
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Tarquinus Priscus
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Put the first seats in the circus maximus
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Carceres
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Starting gates, built out of stone
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Factiones
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Four companies that ran the chariot races. Blues, Greens, Reds, Whites.
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Biga Chariot
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Two horses
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Quadriga Chariot
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Four horses
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Auriga
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Slave whose duty was to drive the biga. Pretty much heros
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Metae
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Boundary markers so the racers knew where to take a turn
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Spina
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Median strip
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Scorpus
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Famous biga chariot driver. Had accumulated 2048 wins
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Falx
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Sickled blade the Auriga held
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Lustratio or Dies Lustricus
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Celebration day when the baby is formally presented to the father. 8th day for girls, 9th day for boys. Father accepts it, names it, then gives it a bulla (good luck amulet) since infant mortality was so high
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Exposing a baby
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If the father didn't want it he exposes it to the world, strands it or slavery or adoption.
Illegitimate child Handicapped (drowned) Child of an unmarried daughter Poverty |
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Patris Potestas
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Power of the father over the family. Women did not have any legal rights over her children.
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Virtues of a woman
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Do their duties
Obedient Noble Faithful Virgins Honest Support Fertile Good host with wit and grace |
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Pater Familias
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Oldest surviving male member of the family, makes decisions about woman's baby
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The only reputable public role a woman could have
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Priestess
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Sponsalia
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Betrothal (agreement between bride and grooms fathers). Legal contract, could take someone to court if it was broken
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Legal ages for marriage
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12 for girls, 14 for boys
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SIne Manu
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In this marriage the status and rights of the woman remain unaffected. Remains under the patris potestas of her father
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Affectio Maritalis
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Mutual will and affection in marriage
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Repudium
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Divorce with only one person wanting it
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Pronuba
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Matron of honor. Elder woman of the family
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Dos
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Dowry (belongs to the woman)
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In Manu Mariti
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When husband takes the patris postesta from his wifes father
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Contubernium
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"Shaking up together". Like marriage without much legality. Between slaves or between slaves and freemen (kind of like how most societies dont recognize gay marriage)
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Deductio In Domun Mariti
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Public move where the bride moves from her fathers to her husbands house
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Divortium
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Regular divorce when both parties agree
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Mancipatio
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Divorces in the case where the husband has the patrias postestas. It is transferred to a third party who takes the wife as his slave.
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Dextrarum Iunctio
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Joining the right hands of both parties. Signifies loyalty
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Mustachem
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Roman wedding cake
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Univirae
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Women who have only had one husband. Undresses the bride before sex
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Epithalamium
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A poet that stands outside of the door when the bride and groom are having sex, to drown out the sounds.
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