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a ceremonial purification of the people in ancient Rome
- lustruma ceremonial purification of the people in ancient Rome
- lustrumsLUSTRUM, a ceremonial purification of the people in ancient Rome
- lustraLUSTRUM, a ceremonial purification of the people in ancient Rome
- lustralpertaining to a lustrum (a ceremonial purification of the people in ancient Rome)
- demagogues(in ancient Greece and Rome) A leader or orator who espoused the cause of the common people
- sabinesof or belonging to an ancient people of central Italy who lived chiefly in the Apennines northeast of Rome and were subjugated by the Romans about 290 b.c.
- sabineof or belonging to an ancient people of central Italy who lived chiefly in the Apennines northeast of Rome and were subjugated by the Romans about 290 b.c.
- plebs(in ancient Rome) the common people, as contrasted with the patricians and later with the senatorial nobility or the equestrian order
- frumentationa gift of grain bestowed on starving or rebellious people in ancient Rome
- frumentationsFRUMENTATION, a gift of grain bestowed on starving or rebellious people in ancient Rome
- lustralustration or ceremonial purification of the people, performed every five years, after the taking of the census
- lustrelustration or ceremonial purification of the people, performed every five years, after the taking of the census
- lustreslustration or ceremonial purification of the people, performed every five years, after the taking of the census
- lustrumlustration or ceremonial purification of the people, performed every five years, after the taking of the census
- orphismA mystic religion of ancient Greece, originating in the 7th or 6th century bc and based on poems (now lost) attributed to Orpheus, emphasizing the necessity for individuals to rid themselves of the evil part of their nature by ritual and moral purification throughout a series of reincarnations
- rogationthe proposal of a law in ancient Rome
- rogationsROGATION, the proposal of a law in ancient Rome
- knights(in ancient Rome) A member of the class of equites
- pontifices(in ancient Rome) A member of the principal college of priests
- decuman(in ancient Rome) of or pertaining to the tenth cohort of a legion
- hecatomb(in ancient Greece and Rome) a public sacrifice of 100 oxen to the gods
- curiaepolitical subdivision of a tribe of ancient Rome or the building in which it met
- curiapolitical subdivision of a tribe of ancient Rome or the building in which it met
- curiaspolitical subdivision of a tribe of ancient Rome or the building in which it met
- proconsulA governor of a province in ancient Rome, having much of the authority of a consul
- proconsulsA governor of a province in ancient Rome, having much of the authority of a consul
- haruspices(in ancient Rome) A religious official who interpreted omens by inspecting the entrails of sacrificial animals
- clavus(in ancient Rome) a vertical stripe or band of purple worn on the tunic by senators and equites
- clavi(in ancient Rome) a vertical stripe or band of purple worn on the tunic by senators and equites
- trophies(in ancient Greece or Rome) The weapons and other spoils of a defeated army set up as a memorial of victory
- haruspex(in ancient Rome) one of a class of minor priests who practiced divination, esp. from the entrails of animals killed in sacrifice
- pilumjavelin used in ancient Rome by legionaries, consisting of a three-foot-long shaft with an iron head of the same length
- pilajavelin used in ancient Rome by legionaries, consisting of a three-foot-long shaft with an iron head of the same length
- aruspex(in ancient Rome) one of a class of minor priests who practiced divination, esp. from the entrails of animals killed in sacrifice
- laticlave(historical) a broad stripe of purple on the fore part of the tunic, worn by senators in ancient Rome as an emblem of office
- laticlavesLATICLAVE, (historical) a broad stripe of purple on the fore part of the tunic, worn by senators in ancient Rome as an emblem of office
- meta(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places
- decemvirmember of a permanent board or a special commission of ten members in ancient Rome, esp. the commission that drew up Rome's first code of law
- lictors(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals
- lictor(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals