| A | B |
|---|
| Curia | building where Roman senators met |
| peristylium | Roman garden surrounded by columns |
| Thermae | baths |
| toga | worn only by male Roman citizens |
| triclinium | Roman dining room |
| Colosseum | famous Roman amphitheater known for great size and clever design that allowed large numbers of spectators to quickly enter and exit the building without excessive congestion or delay |
| culina | Roman kitchen |
| tablinum | Roman den or study; where the master of the house would work |
| atrium | main Roman room or reception area |
| basilica | Roman courthouse |
| cena | the third meal of the day; equivalent to modern dinner |
| ientaculum | the first meal of the day; equivalent to breakfast |
| stola | dress worn by a Roman woman |
| cubiculum | Roman bedroom |
| forum | main part of town where shops and government buildings were located |
| Pantheon | dome-shaped temple that houses statues to 12 major Roman gods/goddesses |
| prandium | second meal of the day; equivalent to lunch |
| templum | where gods/goddesses were worshipped |
| compluvium | opening in the roof of a Roman atrium that let in the rainwater |
| Acropolis | trick answer that's in Greece; not Rome! |
| Campus Martius | open field where soldiers exercised and held military drills |
| Circus Maximus | large circular course where chariots were raced |
| insulae | Roman apartment buildings |
| paedagogus | slave who escorted Roman boys to school |
| Palatine | centermost of the seven hills of Rome |
| palla | woman's cloak |
| theaters | where actors put on shows |
| tunica | garment worn by Roman slaves |
| cubiculum | bedroom |
| Lares and Penates | Roman household gods |
| aves | birds -- Romans watched them to tell the future and seek guidance from the gods |
| culina | kitchen |
| amphitheater | where gladiatorial contests were held |
| Apennine | mountains that run down the middle of Italy |
| aqueduct | used for transporting water efficiently to Rome from far-off places |
| cloaca maxima | Roman sewer |
| impluvium | pool that collected rainwater from an atrium's compluvium |
| domus | another word for villa |
| hills | Rome had seven of these geographic landforms |
| Olympus | home of the gods |
| palaesatra | exercise area in Roman baths |
| secunda mensa | followed cena; equivalent to dessert |
| tabella | writing tablet used by Roman schoolboys; also refers to a voting ballot |
| viae | the most famous of these were Appia; Aurelia; Flaminia; and Sacra; which led from Rome to other parts of Italy |
| aedificia | buildings |
| school | ludus; or schola |
| taberna | a shop |
| aedile | official in charge of public buildings and religious festivals |
| alae | Roman dice |
| caldarium; frigidarium; strigiles | items found in a Roman bath |
| Capitoline | smallest; but most sacred of Rome's 7 hills. Holds lots of temples. |
| Castor and Pollux | twin dieties who helped the Romans in a battle and are honored with a temple in the Forum |
| toga praetexta | purple-striped toga that indicates political and social importance |
