GLOSSARY

GLOSSARY

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aeolus - Greek god of the winds
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amphorae - very large jars or flagons
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annulus - finger ring
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basilica - administrative building, (town hall)

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Belgae - tribes of immigrants from Gaul
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caldarium - hot room
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carenum - type of wine with quince flavour

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cerae - wax tablets
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classis - navy
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defrutum - concentrated grape juice
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delphica - tripod for incense
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duplice - double wax tablet in book form

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favonius - Roman god of west wind
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forum - meeting place
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frigidarium - cold room
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gladius - the classic Roman short sword
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hypocaust - heating system
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imbrices - curved tiles overlapping tegulae, roof

intaglio - small carved stone of carnelian, jasper, etc set in finger ring

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laconicum - hot dry room, sweating room
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lararium - shrine to household deity Lars

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lucerna - oil lamp
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mausoleum - burial chamber
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mansio - hotel or guest house
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mulsum - sweet, spiced wine
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nymphaeum - shrine to water deity
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oppidum/oppida - defended stronghold, often but not always a hill fort

opus signinum - mix of mortar and crushed brick or tile giving a pink colour

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palaestra - exercise area
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pharos - lighthouse
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pilae - stacks of flat tiles in hypocaust

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piscina - swimming pool
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portico - covered walkway
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Portus Novus - Dover
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Portus Itis - Boulogne
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Portus Lemanis - Lympne
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Portus Regulbium - Reculver
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Portus Rutupiae - Richborough
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potin - one piece of a late Iron Age coin strip

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praefectus - commander
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praefurnium - furnace
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principia - admin. building of fort
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Res Gestae - Augustus' achievements by himself

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rudis - wooden gladius for practice
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sacellum - underground safe or strongroom

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stilum - stylus for wring on wax tablet
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tabellae - wax tablets
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tegulae - flat and flanged tiles, roof
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tesserae - small cubic pieces of mosaic, marble, tiles pottery, also tessellated

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tepidarium - warm room
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triclinium - three sided bench for laying on when feasting

tufa - type of stone often used in concrete as replacement for pumice

turriculae - type of wine containing seawater

vicus - small village around a fort or installation

voussoirs - shaped bricks of archway or vaulted roof