Roman Terms for Beginners

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This list is more and less than just the basics, but it contains terms that will help when reading beginning books on Roman history.

1. 7 Hills of Rome
2. 7 Kings of Rome
3. Ab Urbe Condita
4. Actium
5. Aedile
6. Appian Way
7. Augur
8. Byzantine Empire
9. Cannae
10. Censors
11. Circus Maximus
12. Cloaca Maxima
13. Colosseum
14. Consul
15. Curia
16. Curule Aedile
17. Cursus Honorum
18. Denarius
19. Domus
20. Fasces
21. Feriae
22. Flamen
23. Forum
24. Hadrian's Wall
25. Julian Calendar
26. Latium
27. Ludi Romani / Ludi Magni
28. Lupercalia
29. Mt. Vesuvius
30. Novus Homo
31. Optimates
32. Palatine
33. Pantheon
34. Pater Familias
35. Patrician
36. Penates
37. Plebeians
38. Pomerium
39. Pontifex Maximus
40. Populares
41. Praetors
42. Principate
43. Proconsul
44. Proscription
45. Punic Wars
46. Quaestor
47. Rubicon
48. Sabines
49. Senators
50. Social War
51. Tetrarchy
52. Teutoberg Wald Batttle
53. Toga
54. Tria Nomina
55. Tribes
56. Tribune
57. Triumvirate
58. Twelve Tables