Patrician
A rich person in Rome
Roman Empire
The empire of Rome
Plebeian
A poor person in Rome
Domus
The house of a patrician
Atrium
Open hallway in a domus
Impluvium
A shallow pool in the domus
Peristyle
A walled garden
Insulae
A flat where plebeians lived
Thermopolia
Plebeians go to eat
Oratory
The art of public speaking
Toga
The offical roman dress
Stola
The dress that married women wore
Dole
The daily hand out of bread from the government
Lares
Shrines of gods Romans kept in their homes
Catacombs
Underground cemetary
Caldorium
Hot rooms
Fridadorium
A cold room
Circus maximums
An arena for chariot racing
Collaseum
An arena for gladiator fights
Gladiator
A slave trained to fight