Ancient Rome Vocab

Anatomy is the study of ______________.

• the mind.
• death.
• body structure.
• animals.

The _______ was an open space that served as a marketplace and public square located at the center of Roman cities.

• Forum
• Colessium
• Gladiator Battlefield
• Arena

People trained to fight each other and animals for the entertainment of others were called ______________.

• barbarians
• morticians
• gladiators
• actors

Also known as public speaking =

• rhetoric

• palla

• ode

• satire

A disease the spreads widely and kills many people is called a _________.

• omen
• plague
• antidote
• quarantine

______ are pictures made from many bits of colored glass or stone

• Portraits 

• Calligraphies

• Tapestries

• Mosaics

Smaller units of the Roman army made up of about 6,000 soldiers are called  _________.

• gladiators
• phalanx
• barbarians
• legions

Wealthy landowners (nobles) were called ____________ and were the ruling class.

• patricians

• plebeians

• kings and queens

• morticians

The majority of the common people (artisans, shopkeepers, small farm owners) were called ___________.

• patricians

• plebeians

• kings and queens

• morticians

________ are human-made channels built for carrying water long distances.

• Shadows
• Concrete pipes
• Aqueducts 
• Archimedes' Screws