Termen CHAW 2

Thalassocracy

maritime sumpremacy

Strigae

Greek city planning

Hippodameic city plan

straight roads, creating blocks

Mixed constitution

a combination of kingship, aristocracy an democracy

Furor principum

refers to a state of uncontrolled, violent anger or irrational passion originating from those in power

Metallurgy

the production of metal wares

Bucchero nero

making terracotta look like metal vessels

Ceramica Argentata

pottery that is supposed to imitate silverware

Gnathia ware

black gloss on pottery

Campanian ware

black gloss on ceramics

Templum sine postico

a temple with a mix of Latin-Etruscan and Greek elements

Villa rustica

villa with agrarian function

Hybrid culture

mixing colonial culture with local customs and culture

Tromp-l’oeil

intend to trick the eye, play on perspective in Pompeiian fresco styles

Soul portraits

portraits dating from around the 3rd century CE, which are kind of staring off into the distance to reflect troubles of the Roman empire at that time

Emporia

Etruscan trade settlements

Tegula

Etruscan roof tile

Imbrex

the rounded piece that ties the tegulas together

Haruspex

Etruscan priests that would make predictions by the examination of entrails/liver

Tages

Etruscan mythical teachers

Disciplina Etrusca

Etruscan doctrine to understand the will of the gods

Tumulus

grass-covered mounts (tombs)

Nobiles

the core of a wider circle of equally rich and distinguished senatorial families

Patricians

wealthy landowners from old families

Plebeians

normal citizens

Proletarians

Roman citizens without property

Publicani

public contractors in the Roman Republic and Empire

Cohors

administrative staff in Roman provinces

Legati

councillors in Roman provinces

Centuria

a unit of one hundred men

Praetor

a judicial officer who had broad authority in cases of equity

Augustales

priests that worship an emperor

Augustus

senior emperor in diocletians tetrarchy

Caesares

junior emperors in diocletians tetrarchy

Laeti

captured enemy soldiers of the Roman Empire or their offspring

Foederati

barbaric people working under the roman empire through a contract

Trias capitolina

the combination in temple settings of jupiter, minerva, and juno.

Pomerium

holy boundary

Coloiae Latinae

tows populated by civilians of rome

Coloiae Civium Romanorum

Natives lose their original citizenship and gain the one of the new one

Municipium

city has its own autonomy, but are not allowed to have actual voting rights

Ius conubii

Right of marriage for citizens from different Latin communities

Ius comercii

Right of commerce, contracts, landed property

Ius Migrationis

Right of migration resulting citizenship of another member state

Ager publicus

Roman public land

Coloniae Latinae

Latin colonies

Imperium

full general authority of the chief executive magistrate and general

Pyrrhic victory

victory gained at such a cost to the victor that it is tantamount to defeat

Cardo

straight road ranging from north so south in roman colonies

Decumanus

straight road ranging from east to west in roman colonies

Curia

space where senate gathered

Comitium

space where local committees gathered

Curia Comitium

combination of spaces where both senate and local committees gathered, often near the forum

Imperium proconsulare malus

one of vespasians laws installed at the beginning of his reign: command over the frontier provinces, and command over most of Roman legions

Tribunicia potestas

one of Vespasians laws installed at the beginning of his reign: powers held by the tribunes of people, and veto right in the Senate

Declan persecutions

first empire-wide attempt to regulate religion

Libellus

Edict by Decius, he states that every roman citizen had to sacrifice to the roman gods and him, a ploy to smoke out the christians

Labarum

sigil of the roman empire under constantines rule

Foedus

contract barbaric men could sign to offer their services to Roman military

Hacksilber

hacked bits of silver, matter of coin in the uk during the late roman period

Uncia

Romann weighing and measuring system of their coinage