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Chapter 9 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |