A | B |
patria potestās | a father's power in the familia Romana |
Daedalus et Icarus | Father and son fly from Labyrinth, son dies |
circus maximus | chariot races |
Rōmulus et Rēmus | Twins nourished by wolf; Rom kills Rem; Vultures; Walls |
Flavian amphitheater | Know the details of gladiator combat |
Apollo and Daphne | Apollo chases, Daphne turned to laurel tree |
Arion and the Dolphin | Arion plays music to charm dolphins into saving him from drowning |
lupa, -ae (f) | a she-wolf; symbol of founding of Rome |
castra, -ōrum | The Roman military camp |
pilum | javelin |
gladius | sword |
scutum | shield |
hasta | lance |
pedites | foot soldiers |
equites | knights |
unguentum | exfoliating oil used in baths |
thermae | public baths: be able to describe them |
trigon | a game played at the baths |
caldarium, frigidarium, tepidarium | hot, cold, and warm rooms in bath |
Orpheus and Eurydice | Orpheus sings in underworld to save wife Eurydice; looks back as they come to living |
cloaca, maxima | the main sewer in Roman forum; Tarquin the Proud |
the underworld | Cerberus, Charon, Hades, Proserpina, Styx |
Phaethon and Apollo | Phaethon drives the chariot of the sun, killed by Zeus |
bulla, -ae | good luck charm - who wore it? When was is given up? |
Two important roads | Via Appia et Via Sacra |
toga praetexta | purple stripe, little boys and senators |
Jason and the Argonauts | Jason, Medea, golden fleece, dragon's teeth |
rubicon river | J. Caesar starts first civil war with Pompey, 49 BC |
Alpes Montes | Hannibal crosses with elephants, 218 BC |
pyranaei montes | Between Spain and Gaul |
Hannibal | Carthaginian commander, 218-202 BC |
cēna | a Roman banquet - what did it entail? |
gustatio, prima mensa, secunda mensa, commissatio | the elements of a Roman cena |
dictator | as a ELECTED office |
Tarquinius Superbus | Tarquin the Proud: Last Etruscan king of Rome |
mare superum | Adriatic sea, above NE of Italy |
mare nostrum | Mediterranean sea |
mare inferum | Tyrrenian sea, SW of Italy |
SPQR | Senatus Populusque Romanus: What does this mean? |
Brutus I | first consul: why and how did he take control of government? |
Brutus II | killed Julius Caesar: what did this mean for Rome's future? |
Roman vehicles | Cisium, Raeda, Plaustrum |
Mucius Scaevola | Lefty, tried to kill Lars Porsenna, put hand in fire |
Cloelia | Saved captives from Lars, statue built in her honor |
Horatius Cocles at the Bridge | Defended bridge while it was dismantled |
Cincinnatus | Farmer, dictator, farmer |
Theseus and the Minotaur | Crete, king Minos, Ariadne, black sail, king Aegis |
trireme, quinquireme | wars ships with 3 and 5 banks of oars |
pilleus | The Saturnalia cap of freedom |
Arachne and Minerva | Weaving contest, turned to spider |