| A | B |
|---|
| atrium | entry way; contained impluvium and fire place |
| peristylium | covered walkway around garden |
| vestibulum | main entry into the house |
| fauces | passageway; means "throat" |
| impluvium | hole in floor of atrium to catch rain water |
| compluvium | hole in roof to let in rain water and let out smoke |
| triclinium | dining room; "place for three couches" |
| tablinum | large reception room or study/library |
| taberna | a shop attached to front of the house |
| cubiculum | bedroom |
| balnea | bathroom |
| culina | kitchen |
| hortus | garden |
| piscina | fish pond in the garden |
| Lares and Penates | household gods |
| triclinium | dining room consisting of three couches in a U-shape around a table |
| cena | main course: meat, cooked vegetables, wine |
| secunda mensa | dessert course: pastries and fruits |
| ab ovo usque ad mala | "from the eggs to the apples"--a complete meal |
| garum (liquamen) | salty fish sauce from fermented fish parts |
| honey | used as a sweetener |
| ientaculum | breakfast: bread softened with wine or garum, olives, cheese, and milk |
| prandium | lunch: cold meats, vegetables, fruits |
| toga | worn only by citizens on formal occasions |
| toga praetexta | toga with purple border worn by children and elected officials |
| toga virilis | worn by children after coming of age ceremony |
| toga candida | bleached white toga rubbed with chalk worn candidates for public office |
| paterfamilias | male head of a Roman family |
| magister | professional teacher |
| paedagogus | slave who accompanied children to school |
| elementary education | reading, writing, arithmetic |
| tabellae | wax tablets used for writing |
| stilus | pen-like instrument for writing on wax tablets |
| abacus | counting board |
| runaway slaves | guilty of stealing themselves |
| manumission | legal process of freeing a slave |
| Saturnalia | Roman festival in December in which slaves and owners switched roles |
| 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 |
| 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 |
