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24 Cards in this Set
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Balneion
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Greek Bath
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Tubuli
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tubes that allowed the heat to come up through walls into the room
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Praefurnium
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the furnace for heating the bath; often baths have more than one
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Apodyterium
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changing room
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Frigidarium
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first bathing room; take a cold bath
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Tepidarium
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second bathing room; take a warm bath
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Caldarium
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third bathing room; take a hot bath; was closest to the furnace
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Latrina
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an actual bathroom (latrine)
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Thermae
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a large-scale imperial bath defined by axial symmetry
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Row style baths
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baths with rooms in a row; very simple usually found in the outer reaches of the Roman Empire
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Hypocaust
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a system used for Roman baths where the floors were elevated and heated from underneath
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Palaestra
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open air exercise area in the baths
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Natatio
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a swimming-pool usually found in the palaestra of a large bath-house
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Damnatio Memoriae
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the condemnation of one's memory, such as when anything related to Nero was wiped out
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Venatio
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a form of entertainment in Roman amphitheaters involving the hunting and slaying of wild animals
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Cavea
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where the spectators sat in the theater according to their place in the social hierarchy; or where they kept the animals before the shows
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Vomitorium
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a passage situated below or behind a tier of seats in an amphitheatre, through which crowds can "spew out" at the end of a performance
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Severus
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one of the architects of Nero's Domus Aurea; revolutionized architecture
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Locus
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latin for "place"; possibly have to do with curves?
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Largess
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coins thrown out during events by Emperors, such as the one depicting the Colosseum
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Celer
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one of the architects of Nero's Domus Aurea; revolutionized Roman architecture
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Rabirius
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architect of the Flavian palace; very influenced by the Golden House's architecture; curvilinear architecture used
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Zenodorus
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the Greek sculptor of the Colossus of Nero; huge gold-plated bronze statue of Nero
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Nike
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winged god of victory
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