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Glossary
emperor
absolute ruler of an empire
standardized
made the same
freedmen
former slaves
barter
to exchange goods without using money
pigsticking
type of hunt
divine rights
ruler’s power to rule came from the gods, or rule by_________
census
population count
domus
name for a house that was lived in by a rich roman
gladiators
people who fought one another or animals in an arena
tariffs
taxes on goods brought into a country
juris prudents
lawyers and legal writers who assisted Roman judges
islands/insulae
Roman apartment houses
villas
country estates
inflation
period of ever-increasing prices
rhetoric
speech and writing
