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Terms from To Be A Roman, Chap. 9
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| Seven Hills | volcanic ridges in Rome |
| Palatine Hill | afluent area |
| Ostia | seaport of Rome |
| Cloaca Maxima | great sewer |
| Forum | formed by draining of swamp by Cloaca Maxima |
| Subura | slum area near Viminal Hill |
| lectica (sella) | enclosed cubicle with a couch carried by slaves |
| insulae | low-income apartment buildings |
| domus | single-family home |
| tabernae | shops or inns |
| Curia | senate house |
| basilica | court house |
| rostra | speaker's plaform |
| Campus Martius | large field for military exercises |
| Forum Boarium | cattle market |
| latrinae | public bathrooms |
| balneae (thermae) | public baths |
| palaestra | exercise area in the baths |
| frigidarium | cold bath |
| caldarium | hot bath or steam room |
| tepidarium | warm bath |
| hypocaustum | furnace to heat baths and homes |
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