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Society of ancient Rome

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Romanization
historical processes, such as acculturation, integration and assimilation of newly incorporated and peripheral populations by the Roman Republic and the later Roman Empire
Acta Diurna
periodical literature
secessio plebis
exercise of power by Rome's plebeian citizens
ephebos
thumb|225px|The Agrigento Ephebe, a severe style Greek sculpture of the 5th century BC in the museum of [[Agrigento, Sicily.]]
novus homo
political designation in Ancient Rome
lustrum
A lūstrum (, plural lūstra) was a term for a five-year period in Ancient Rome.
pileus
conical or half-egg-shaped cap, often of felt, worn in Ancient Greece and Rome and by ecclesiastics
Comitium
The Comitium () was the original open-air public meeting space of Ancient Rome, and had major religious and prophetic significance. The name comes from the Latin word for "assembly". The Comitium location at the northwest corner of the Roman Forum was later lost in the city's growth and development, but was rediscovered and excavated by archaeologists at the turn of the twentieth century. Some of Rome's earliest monuments, including the speaking platform known as the Rostra, the Columna Maenia, the Graecostasis, and the Tabula Valeria, were part of or associated with the Comitium.
ager publicus
the Latin name for the public land of Ancient Rome.
education in ancient Rome
Overview of education in ancient Rome
Quirites
Quirites is the name of Roman citizens in their peacetime functions. Its use excluded military statute. During the mutiny of his legions in 47 BC, Julius Caesar expressed the dismissal of his army by addressing them as Quirites, implying his soldiers had been returned to civilian life.
kotyla
The cotylae are also features on the proximal end of the radius and of the ulna in birds. thumb|Attic cotyla cup with an owl (5th century BC), National Museum, Warsaw|National Museum, in [[Warsaw]]
sexuality in ancient Rome
history of Roman sex
patronage in ancient Rome
social relationship
acclamatio
In Ancient Roman and Byzantine tradition, acclamatio (Koiné aktologia) was the public expression of approbation or disapprobation, pleasure or displeasure, etc., by loud acclamations. On many occasions, there appear to have been certain forms of acclamations always used by the Romans; as, for instance, at marriages, ', ', or '; at triumphs, '; at the conclusion of plays the last actor called out ' to the spectators; orators were usually praised by such expressions as ', ', ', etc.
sanitation in ancient Rome
sanitation in ancient Rome was well advanced compared to other ancient cities
congius
In Ancient Roman measurement, congius (pl. congii, from Greek konkhion, diminutive of konkhē, konkhos, "shellful") was a liquid measure that was about 3.48 litres (0.92 U.S. gallons). It was equal to the larger chous of the Ancient Greeks. The congius contained six sextarii.
decury
In Ancient Rome, a decury (Latin decuria, plural: decuriae) was a group of ten people, ranged under one chief, or commander, called a decurio.
Pompa circensis
amicitia
Amicitia is the Latin word for friendship, either between individuals, between the state and an individual or between states. It was "a technical term of Roman political life" from the 2nd century BC, when, according to Seneca, it was introduced by the Populares Gaius Gracchus and Marcus Livius Drusus, who thereby ranked their clientes. The clients and allies of the Roman state were called amici populi Romani (friends of the Roman people) and listed on the tabula amicorum (table of friends). Such amicitia did not involve treaties or reciprocal obligations. Although amicitia between individuals
Honesta missio
Latin term signifying a honourable discharge
album
board chalked or painted white, on which decrees, edicts and other public notices were inscribed in black in ancient Rome
angusticlavia
thumb|Picture of an Equites|equestrian dressed in his rank toga and tunic, the angusticlavia In ancient Rome, an angusticlavia, angusticlavus or angustus clavus was a narrow-strip tunic (tunica) with two narrow vertical Tyrian purple stripes (clavi, singular clavus). The tunic was typically worn under the toga with the right side stripe visible.