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Latin Mottoes Abbreviations
Latin Mottoes and Abbreviations
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Language - Latin
12th Grade
02/01/2013

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Term
Cursus honorum
Definition
Course of honors-stepes you take to make it to the higest jobs (from bottom to top- quaestor, praetor, consul)
Term
Consul
Definition
Two men-executives-elected yearly
Term
Praetor
Definition
Judges (8 elected yearly)
Term
Quaestor
Definition
Treasurers ( 20 elected yearly)
Term
Aedile
Definition
In charge of roads and public games (4 elected yearly)
Term
Censor
Definition
2 elected every 5 years for 18 months- in charge of taking the census and public morals
Term
Dictator
Definition
Had absolute power in times of emergency; normally ruled 6 months maximum
Term
Factiones
Definition
Racing companies
Term
Magister equitum
Definition
Master of the horse/cavalry- assistant to dictator
Term
Senator
Definition
Must be a praetor to enter-for life
Term
Tribune
Definition
10 elected yearly- only plebeians can run- can veto the senate
Term
Patriciaans/optimates
Definition
Highest class
Term
Equites
Definition
Buisness class
Term
Plebians/populares
Definition
Lower class
Term
Patron
Definition
Patron
Term
Cliens
Definition
Client
Term
Salutatio
Definition
Visit of client to patron's house
Term
Sportula
Definition
Cold food basket given to client when he is received by patron in his atrium
Term
Deductio
Definition
Patron leads clients to forum
Term
Paterfamilias
Definition
Head of family (family includes wife, children, slaves, and property)
Term
Patria potestas
Definition
Power (of life and death in early times) of paterfamilias over family
Term
Metae
Definition
Turning posts
Term
Spina
Definition
Backbone around which they raced
Term
Ova et delphines
Definition
Eggs and dolphins (woord or bronze) used as lap counters
Term
Number of laps in a usual race
Definition
7
Term
# that could be held in the Circus Maximus
Definition
250,000
Term
Ludi circenses
Definition
Chariot races
Term
Colors of the factiones
Definition
Red(russata), white (albata), blue (veneta), green (prasina)
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