history

• Republic


  Where the wealthy elite ruled the city through the Senate
• Citizens


  People who had rights under Roman law
• Forum


  A large town square that was the centre of business, political activity and religious worship
• Amphitheatre


  Where gladiatorial games were held
• Patricians


  The wealthy noble families who ruled Rome
• Plebeians


  The poor, who made up the vast majority of the Roman population
• Domus


  A patrician house in a town
• Dole


  A payment of free grain
• Insulae


  The apartment blocks that plebeians lived in
• Manumission


  The freeing of a slave by their master after many years of service
• Mosaics


  Pictures made from small pieces of stone, glass or tile
• Gladiators


  Slaves who fought in amphitheatres for the entertainment of the crowd
• Polytheists


  People who believe in many different gods
• Monotheists


  People who believe in only one god