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Surface features of a place or region |
Topography |
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Latin word for 'street' |
via |
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Household shrine dedicated to the lares |
lararium |
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Roman guardian spirits of the house and fields |
lares |
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Roman surveying term for North-South streets in a Roman town |
cardines |
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Large rectangular building for the dispensing of justice and used as a meeting place |
basilica |
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Fish sauce produced from fish guts soaked in salt |
garum |
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Council made up of members of the same trade or industry |
collegium |
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Latin term for washers and dyers of fabrics |
fullones |
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Roman washing and dyeing workshop. |
fullonica (s) or fullonicae |
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Town magistrate who looked after day-to-day administration |
aedile |
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Oval-shaped arena used primarily for gladiatorial games and spectacles. |
amphitheatre |
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Two-handled clay vessels for liquids, especially wine and oil. |
amphorae |
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Changing room at the baths; used as a waiting room for slaves and attendants. |
apodyterium |
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A structure that carries water from a distance. |
aqueduct |
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Objects made by humans found on an archaeological site. |
artefacts |
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A red copper coin used for everyday use. |
as (plural: asses) |
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Decorated central hall of a Roman house. |
atrium (plural: atria) |
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Group of freedmen who celebrated the cult of the emperor. |
Augustales |
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The Latin name for the rites of Bacchus. |
Bacchanalia |
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Room in the bathhouse containing the hot bath. |
caldarium |
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To char or convert into carbon. |
carbonised |
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Huge cistern near the Vesuvian Gate for collecting water from the aqueduct. |
castellum acquae |
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Tavern; inn. |
caupona |
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Underground water storage. |
cistern |
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Settlement; Latin for ‘city’; name given to the excavation site before it was identied as Pompeii. |
civitas |
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Multipurpose roofless building (in forum) used for public meetings and where people assembled for voting. |
comitium |
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Central opening in the roof over the domestic atrium that allowed in air, light and water |
compluvium |
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Small room that served various functions but which is most commonly described as a bedroom. |
cubiculum |
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Kitchen of a Roman house. |
culina |
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Meeting place of the city council on the Forum. |
curia |
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Main axial roads on east–west axis. |
decumanus (plural: decumani ) |
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Member of the municipal council, often former magistrates. |
decurion |
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The study of tree-ring growth in ancient wood or charcoal samples and the matching of them with dated sequences. |
dendrochronology |
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Sponsors of games. |
editores munerum |
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Large globular earthenware jars with a wide mouth. |
dolia (singular: dolium) |
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Urban house; household. |
domus |
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One of two equal magistrates elected annually to preside over the decurion with law-giving powers. |
duovir (duumvir) |
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The study of inscriptions. |
epigraphy |
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Roman household including slaves. |
familia |
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The entrance passage leading from the street into the interior of a house or building. |
fauces |
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Public latrines. |
foricae |
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Goddess of fortune and personication of luck. |
Fortuna |
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A public square in a Roman city used as a centre of business and justice. |
forum |
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Former slaves. |
freedmen |
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Wall paintings on plaster. |
frescoes |
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Room in a bathhouse for cooling off. |
frigidarium |
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Generating force of a person or place; the spirit present in every person, thing and place. |
genius |
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A short sword. |
gladius |
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Pertaining to Greek language and culture before Alexander the Great. |
Hellenic |
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Pertaining to the culture in which Greek characteristics were modified by foreign elements after the time of Alexander the Great; the merging of Greek and Eastern cultural elements. |
Hellenistic |
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A statue in the form of a pillar with the head of the god Hermes. |
herm |
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Rainwater basin in the centre of the atrium, directly under the compluvium. |
impluvium |
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In its original place. |
in situ |
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Town block isolated by four streets |
insula (plural: insulae) |
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Second, sauna-like, hot room in the bathhouse equipped with a brazier for creating a dry heat. |
laconicum |
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Agent who trained and supplied gladiators for a show. |
lanista |
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Central provision market of the Pompeian Forum. |
Macellum |
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Granted freedom from slavery. |
manumitted |
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Low table used in front of the couches in a dining room. |
mensa |
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Picture or decoration made from tiny pieces of stone, glass, etc. |
mosaics |
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‘City of the dead’, or cemetery. |
necropolis |
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A grotto, usually with a fountain dedicated to the nymphs. |
nymphaeum |
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Small theatre in Pompeii used for concerts, lectures and poetry recitals. |
Odeon |
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Members of the city council. |
ordo decurionum |
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Sports ground (from the Greek for ‘wrestling school’) with a large open courtyard dedicated to competitive athletics and training. |
palaestra |
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The male head of a Roman household. |
paterfamilias |
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The original Roman aristocracy. |
patrician |
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A wealthy citizen who looked after the interests of poorer clients in return for their support. |
patron |
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Inner courtyard surrounded by colonnades. |
peristyle |
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Bakery. |
pistrina |
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Common people. |
plebs |
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The place of origin or ownership of a work of art. |
provenance |
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A porous form of volcanic glass. |
pumice |
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Composed of burning volcanic material. |
pyroclastic |
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Hot avalanche of pumice, ash and gases. |
pyroclastic ow |
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Cloud of volcanic ash and gases |
pyroclastic surge |
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Magistrate elected every five years to carry out the census and control public morality. |
quinquennial duoviri |
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Process that contributes to enhancing the visual or functional understanding of an object or building. |
restoration |
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Morning ceremony during which clients attended on their patron. |
salutatio |
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Bronze coins equal to four asses, used for everyday transactions |
sesterces |
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Observing and recording the sequence of layers within an excavation |
stratigraphic digging |
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A curved bronze or bone scraper for cleaning. |
strigil |
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Shop opening onto the street with large stalls. |
taberna |
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Decorated reception area off the atrium, usually richly decorated. |
tablinum (plural: tablina) |
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A civic building next to the Comitium in the Forum, used for storing ofcial records. |
tabularium |
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Warm room in a bathhouse equipped with a warm pool and used for the application of oil and massage. |
tepidarium |
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Bath complexes; warm springs. |
thermae |
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Bars serving warm snacks and drinks. |
thermopolium (plural: thermopolia) |
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‘Three couch room’ or dining room. |
triclinium (plural: triclinia) |
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Patron goddess of Pompeii. |
Venus |
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Entrance lobby. |
vestibulum |
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Villa built purely for leisure. |
villa of otium |
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Country residence often connected to a vineyard or farm. |
villa rustica |
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Study of volcanoes. |
volcanology |