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Chap.13 vocab
Chapter 13 vocabulary social studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Social order | The way groups of people are classed. |
| Soothsayers | People who can predict events. |
| Omens | Signs to what is to happen. |
| Catacombs | Where dead people were buried; tombs beneath the ground. |
| Necropolis | A cemetery made up of acres of catacombs. |
| Forum | A public square. |
| Gladiatorial Games | Fights between men and animals, women and dwarfs, and between animals themselves. |
| Triumph | A parade or welcome given to a Roman hero returning from battle. |
| Fasces | A bundle of rods bound around an ax. |
| Municipal | A city or government. |
| Mundus | The meeting point for the living and the dead. |
| Palatine | A hill that later became the city of Rome. |
| Latin's | Early founders of Rome. |
| Aeneas | A Trojan prince, settled in Italy. |
| Romulus | Creator and first king of Rome. Twin of Remus. |
| Etruria | Hill country; home of the Etruscans. |