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Daily Life: Calendar & Offices
Daily Life and Culture of Roman Calendar
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03/19/2009
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12
 Definition
Number of hours into which the day is divided
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Kalends
 Definition
First day of month
Term
Nones
 Definition
5th or 7th day of month
Term
Ides
 Definition
13th or 15th of month
Term
March, May, July, October
 Definition
Months which use the 7th day for Nones and 15th day for Ides
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Equites
 Definition
Business class
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Cursus Honorum
 Definition
Line of offices taken by magistrates
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Quaestor
 Definition
Roman treasurer
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Praetor
 Definition
Roman judges
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Aedile
 Definition
Magistrates supervising markets, food supplies, games, and public buildings
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Consul
 Definition
General leader of Rome and its military
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Novus Homo
 Definition
First man of ones family to become consul
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Publicanus
 Definition
tax collector
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Pecunia
 Definition
Money
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Scribae
 Definition
Secretary, highest ranking in civil services
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Augustales
 Definition
Priests who worship emperors
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Nomenclator
 Definition
Slave who told master names of greeters
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Nomenclator
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Slave who told master names of greeters
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Pontifex Maximus
 Definition
Leader of Roman religion
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Leberti
 Definition
Class of Augustales