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billyswinney
Dawn Of The Romans
| Word | Definitions |
|---|---|
| embryonic: | rudimentary:beginning: at an early stage. around 500 years before christ, the Romans occupied and embryonic city-state on the Tiber river |
| Predilection: | a preference or a learning. The Romans were orderly and disciplined, with a predilection for written laws and political organization. |
| eminence: | A hill or rise of ground. The densely wooded eminence called the Palatine hill was surrounded by marshes and thus well protected from enemies |
| Divination | the art of fortelling the future. The Romans preists adopted from the Etruscans the practice of divination, in order to foresee coming events and to find out the will of the gods |
| Prototype | an early example or form, on which later stages were based./ in eutria, hand-to-hand combat took place, that were the bloddy prototypes of the later Roman gladiator battles. |
| impunity | exemptions from punishment. A Roman father could sell his children as slaves or even kill them with impunity |
| observance | the act of complying with a custom/rule/comand. Pietas was the name given to the proper observance of obligations to the gods, the family and the state |
| executive | having to do with executing or carrying out laws. Under the romans consuls, executive power was limited by having the consuls rule on alternate months, and command the troops on alternate days |
| auspicious | favorable:lucky: encouraging. augurs were called in to decide on the days that would auspicious to carry out government plans |
| plebiscite | a direct vote put tothe entire electorate to accept or reffuse a proposal. the Comitia Tributa began to register plebiscite and to take notice of the desire of the people |
| hegemony | domination. under the defense signed in 493, The romans abandoned any claims of hegemony over Latium |
| proficient | skillful:competent: expert. The Roman army grew more proficient during the long campaigns against the AEqui and the Volsci tribes |
| insolence | rudeness and disrespect. Roman historians described the Gauls as "very quarelsome, annd of a great pride and insolence." |
| luxuriant | growing in abundance. The men among the Gauls had luxurious moustaches and stiffened their hair into spikes |
| propensity | a tendancy or inclination. there were many celtic tribes in various places in europ, but their homes were usually temporary because they had a propensity for frequent movement |
| perpetuate | to cause to continue, to prolong. Bards helped to perpetuate Celtic tribal traditionswith their poetry and stories |
| accounterments | accessories; equipment. celtic nobelwomen were buried with accouterments of gold and silver |
| commensurate | corresponding in extent or degree. The Celtics practice of fosterage was meant to teach children skills commensurate witht heir social status |
| fastidious | hard to pleasure: sensitive: with difficult requirements |
| fastidious | hard to pleasure:sensitive:with difficult requirments. Education for celtic girls about a third more then for boys because it was thought that girls were more fastidoious than boys and neede more attention |
| versatile | having many or varied uses. Sheep were considered a most versatile animal by the celts, who obtained from them milk, meat, wool, and leather |
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