| A | B |
|---|
| Celts | tribal people living in Britain before the Romans invaded |
| romanization | spreading Roman culture to a conquered area |
| Julius Caesar | first Roman to invade Britain; 55 & 54 B.C. |
| Aulus Plautius | Roman general who led the invasion of Britain under Claudius; later first Roman governor of Britain |
| Gaius Salvius Liberalis | Roman senator sent to Britain by Domitian to control the southern parts while Agricola was fighting in the north |
| wattle & daub | materials used by Britons to build huts; woven sticks and mud |
| colonia | settlement that had farm allotments for Roman veterans |
| Boudica | British Queen, leader of Iceni who led a revolt against Romans |
| Cogidubnus | client king of Romans; head of Regnenses tribe |
| Camulodunum | colonia destroyed by Boudica; modern Colchester |
| Verulamium | colonia destroyed by Boudica; modern St. Albans |
| Noviomagus | Cogidubnus' capital; modern Chichester |
| Maiden Castle | Celtic Hill Fort conquered by Vespasian |
| Regnenses | Tribe of Cogidubnus!!! |
| Fishbourne | Palace built for Cogidubnus |
| frescoes & mosaics | wall paintings and decorative floor tile used to decorate villas. |
| Jason | Hero who was an argonaut and recovered golden fleece |
| Argo | The creater of the ship that Jason and the Argounats used |
| Orpheus | One of the Argonauts; musician |
| druids | Celtic tribal religious leaders |
| council of warriors | warriors who advised the tribal leader |
| Claudius | roman emperor who decided to invade Britain and did it |
| Gnaeus Iulius Agricola | governor Britain the longest time; fought in north while Salvius deputy in south |
| Tacitus | historian who wrote a biography about AGicola |
| villa | roman style house in country |
| Caratacus | Britain chieftan who eluded the Romans but betrayed by Cartimandua |
| Iceni | Boudica's tribe |
| Suetonius Paulinus | Roman general who defeated Boudica |
| Londinium | Roman capital of Britain; destroyed by Boudica |
| Cartimandua | Client queen who betrayed Caratacus |
| Vespasianus | A Roman emperor who as general during invasian of Britain defeated Maiden Castle; also built Fishbourne for Cog |
| Durotriges | British tribe at Maiden Castle |
| client king | someone appointed by emperor to rule a certain on his behalf; collects taxes |
| collegium | guild of craftsmen |
| Pelias | Jason's uncle who sent him on quest |
| Hercules | one of Argonauts; didn't finish quest |
| Castor & Pollux | two more of Argonauts; the Gemini |
| Peleus | King of Colchis; had golden fleece |
| Harpies | half bird, half woman who 'befouled' the food |
| Symplegades | clashing rocks |
| Colchis | place where the Golden Fleece; on the Black Sea |
| Aegeus | King of Athens; father of Theseus; jumped in sea, thus Aegean Sea |
| Theseus | killed the Minotaur; abandoned Ariadne on Naxos |
| Marathon Bull | bull that killed Androgeus; king of Crete demanded 'payment'; eventually conquered by Herc |
| Pasiphae | mother of the Minotaur; wife of Minos |
| Minotaur | half man, half bull; lived in lbyrinth created by Daedalos on Crete |
| Crete | Island in Mediterranean; Minos was king |
| Icarus | Daedalus' son who flew too close to the sun; wax melted; eheu! |
| Naxos | Island where Theseus abandoned Ariadne; Bacchus finds her |
| Perseus | son of Zeus & Danae; killer of Medusa |
| Daneae | Persues' mother |
| Dictys | fisherman who rescued Perseus & Danae |
| Gorgons | three snakey-haired ladies; one was mortal |
| Graeae | 3 women who shared an eye; helped Perseus with info |
| Cassiopeia | mother of Andromeda; boasted she was better than Leto; had to sacrifice Andromeda to sea monster |
| aegis | Minerva's breastplate; contained head of Medusa |
| Corinth | Bellerophon's birth place |
| Proetus | king of Tiryns; purified Bellerophon and then sent him to Iobates because Proetus' wife accused B of seducing her |
| Lycia | Iobates country |
| Neptune | possibly father of Bellerophon; father of Pegasus |
| Minerva | helps Bellerophon capature Pegasus with golden bridle (seen first in dream) |
| Solymi | enemies of Iobates; sent Bellerophon to fight them |
| Lemnos | Island where Hercules left group |
| Phineus | seer that helped Argonauts after they drove off Harpies |
| Aeetes | King of Colchis; possessed the golden fleece |
| Medea | daughter of Aeetes; witch who helped Jason |
| Athens | home of Theseus; people of Athens had to pay tribute to Crete - 7 young men and 7 maidens |
| Procrustes | measured people on his bed - either stretched or cut off parts that hung off |
| Minos | king of Crete - demanded tribute from Athens to feed Minotaur |
| Androgeus | son of king of Crete; accidentally killed when visiting Athens |
| Ariadne | daughter of Minos; helped Theseus kill Minotaur and left with him; abandoned on Naxos |
| Daedalus | builder of the labyrinth where the Minotaur lived |
| Bacchus | found Ariadne on Naxos and married her |
| Jupiter | father of Perseus (among others) |
| Acrisius | father of Danae who shut her in a tower when he heard his grandson would kill him |
| Polydectes | sent Perseus to kill Medusa in order to get him out of the way so he could marry Danae |
| Medusa | the mortal Gorgon |
| Andromeda | daughter of Cassiopeia; rescued by Perseus |
| Argos | Cassiopeia's country |
| Bellerophon | slayer of the Chimera |
| Tiryns | country Bellerophon was sent to for purification |
| Anteia | wife of Proetus; fancied Bellerophon who rejected her |
| Iobates | king of Lycia who was supposed to kill Bellerophon |
| Pegasus | flying horse |
| Chimaera | goat, lion, serpent creature |
| Amazons | warrior women |
| Hyberboreans | inhabitants of the land beyond the North Wind who helped Perseus by giving him winged sandals, a cap of invisibility & an expanding wallet. |
| Domitian | emperor of Rome at the time of our stories |
| Labyrinth | the maze Daedalus built to imprison the Minotaur |
