Roma
Rome
Italia
Italy
Gallia
France
Graecia
Greece
Britannia
Britain
Hispania
Spain
Mare Nostrum
Mediterranean Sea
Tiber River
river through Rome
Jupiter
Zeus: eagle, king of gods, thunder
Pluto
Hades: underworld
Neptune
Poseidon: sea, wild horses, earthquake
Mercury
Hermes: thieves, messenger, technology
Apollo
Apollo: music, archery, medicine
Minerva
Athena: wisdom, war strategy, horsemanship, owl
Venus
Aphrodite: love, beauty
Vulcan
Hephaestus: blacksmith
Vesta
Hestia: hearth, home
Ceres
Demeter: grain
Mars
Ares: war
Juno
Hera: marriage, queen of gods, peacock
Dionysus
Bacchus: wine, acting, fertility
Diana
Artemis: hunt, wild animals, childbirth
Romulus
first king of Rome
Remus
brother of first Roman king
Aeneas
brought Trojans to Italy, forefather of Romulus and Remus
Forum
city center
Circus Maximus
chariot racing
Colosseum
gladiator fights
villa
country house
cubiculum
bedroom
atrium
central entrance
triclinium
dining room
tablinum
study
toga
only worn by male citizens
tunica
everyday wear for all
stola
dress
palla
shawl
bulla
charm for children
pater
father
mater
mother
filius
son
filia
daughter
paterfamiliās
head of Roman household; had power of life & death over all, including slaves & animals
servus
slave
equus
horse
canis
dog
porcus
pig
feles
cat
salve, salvete
hello
quid agis
How are you?
quid nomen tibi est?
What is your name?
quis est
Who is it?
quid est
What is it?
vale, valete
good-bye
ita vero
yes
certe
certainly
sic
thus
minime
no
e pluribus unum
one out of many
tempus fugit
time flies
n.b.
note well
carpe diem
seize the day
a.m.
ante meridiem
etc. (et cetera)
and other things
e.g. exempli gratiā
for example
aut
or
et
and
quod
because
sed
but
ubi
where, when
-ne
asks a yes/no question
cras
tomorrow
hodie
today
ibi
there
mox
soon
numquam
never
saepe
often
statim
immediately
subito
suddenly
tum
then
cur
why
quomodo
how
aut...aut
either...or
et....et
both...and
-que
and
I
1
V
5
X
10
L
50
C
100
D
500
M
1000
semper
always
ad
to + accusative
ante
before, in front of + accusative
circum
around + accusative
in
into, onto, against + accusative
inter
between, among + accusative
per
through + accusative
post
after + accusative