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Chapter 9 Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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reform | political changes to make things better |
anatomy | the study of body structure |
barter | to exchanges goods (or services) without using money |
Forum | open space that served as a market place and public square (in the center of Rome) |
gladiators | fought animals and each other in Roman arenas |
inflation | rapidly increasing prices |
mosaic | pictures made from tiny bits of colored glass or stone |
saints | Christian holy people |
regent | a person who stands in for a ruler who is too young , or too ill, to govern |
odes | poems that express strong emotions about life (Horace) |
paterfamilias | the head of a Roman household (father) |
plague | a disease that spreads widely (killed 10% of Romans) |
rhetoric | a term for "public speaking" |
satires | writings that poke fun at human weaknesses (Horace) |
vault | curved ceiling |