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25 Cards in this Set
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Via
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road
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Res Publica
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literally "the public thing"; what governs the public, also the Roman Republic
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Basilica
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a public building for conducting business
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Plebian
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everyone who's not a patrician or a slave
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Patrician
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elite upper class; divided into Senate and equestrians
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Pontifex Maximus
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high priest of the Roman religion; in charge of the cult of Jupiter; later became a political title as well
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Curia
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the Senate house; exists from the Republic period all the way through the Imperial period
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Rostra
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speaking platform
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Cursus Honorum
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3 offices that were considered very honorable;
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Consul
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the highest of the Cursus Honorum
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Triumph
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a parade celebration for the victory of a general
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Cloaca Maxima
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originally built by the Etruscans in the Archaic Period; served as the main drainage for the city of Rome
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Regia
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one of the oldest buildings in the Forum Romanum; archaic building that's associated with the Archaic kings of Rome (believed to be their house)
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Forum Boarium
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houses the Temple Portunus and the Temple of Hercules Victor
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Princeps
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title offered to Octavian; means the #1 citizen
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Pater Patriae
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the father of the people
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Divus/Diva
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divine (godly) man/woman
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Ustrinum
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funerary pyre where bodies were burned
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Summi Viri
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topmost men/founding fathers of Rome
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Apotheosis
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ascent to become a god
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Gnomon
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a giant hourglass/calendar
ex. horologium augusti |
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Pomerium
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sacred boundary
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Aqueduct
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water channel that brought water through Rome; 1st major was Aqua Appia
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Cuirass
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breastplate worn by Roman soldiers
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Actium
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battle at which Octavian defeated Cleopatra & Antony
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