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Chap.13 vocab
Chapter 13 vocabulary social studies
Question | Answer |
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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. |