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Servius Tullius, the Glossary

Servius Tullius was the legendary sixth king of Rome, and the second of its Etruscan dynasty.^[1]

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Abolition of monarchy

The abolition of monarchy is a legislative or revolutionary movement to abolish monarchical elements in government, usually hereditary.

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Agathocles of Syracuse

Agathocles (Ἀγαθοκλῆς, Agathoklḗs; 361–289 BC) was a Greek tyrant of Syracuse (317–289 BC) and self-styled king of Sicily (304–289 BC).

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Alexandre Grandazzi

Alexandre Grandazzi (born 8 February 1957) is a French university professor, a specialist of archaeology and Roman history.

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Ancus Marcius

Ancus Marcius was the legendary fourth king of Rome, who traditionally reigned 24 years. Servius Tullius and Ancus Marcius are kings of Rome.

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Arruns Tarquinius (brother of Tarquin the Proud)

Arruns Tarquinius was the brother of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the seventh and last King of Rome. Servius Tullius and Arruns Tarquinius (brother of Tarquin the Proud) are 6th-century BC Romans.

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As (Roman coin)

The as (assēs), occasionally assarius (assarii, rendered into Greek as ἀσσάριον, assárion), was a bronze, and later copper, coin used during the Roman Republic and Roman Empire.

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Augustus

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian (Octavianus), was the founder of the Roman Empire.

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Aventine Hill

The Aventine Hill (Collis Aventinus; Aventino) is one of the Seven Hills on which ancient Rome was built.

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Battle of the Allia

The Battle of the Allia was fought between the Senones – a Gallic tribe led by Brennus, who had invaded Northern Italy – and the Roman Republic.

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Breastplate

A breastplate or chestplate is a device worn over the torso to protect it from injury, as an item of religious significance, or as an item of status.

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In Roman mythology, Caeculus (meaning "little blind boy", from caecus "blind")Grimal, was a son of Vulcan, and the legendary founder of Praeneste (modern Palestrina). Servius Tullius and Caeculus are children of Vulcan (mythology).

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Caelius Vibenna

Caelius Vibenna (Etruscan Caile Vipina) was a noble Etruscan who lived (but see below) and brother of Aulus Vibenna (Etruscan Avile Vipina).

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Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.

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Campus Martius

The Campus Martius (Latin for 'Field of Mars'; Italian: Campo Marzio) was a publicly owned area of ancient Rome about in extent.

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Casa Romuli

The Casa Romuli ("Hut of Romulus"), also known as the tugurium Romuli, was the reputed dwelling place of the legendary founder and first king of Rome, Romulus (traditional dates 771–717 BC).

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Cato the Elder

Marcus Porcius Cato (234–149 BC), also known as Cato the Censor (Censorius), the Elder and the Wise, was a Roman soldier, senator, and historian known for his conservatism and opposition to Hellenization.

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Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating population information about the members of a given population.

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Centuriate assembly

The Centuriate Assembly (Latin: comitia centuriata) of the Roman Republic was one of the three voting assemblies in the Roman constitution.

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Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero (3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, writer and Academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the establishment of the Roman Empire. Servius Tullius and Cicero are Tullii.

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Claudius

Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (1 August – 13 October) was a Roman emperor, ruling from to 54.

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Clipeus

In the military of classical antiquity, a clipeus (Ancient Greek: ἀσπίς) was a large shield worn by the Greek hoplites and Romans as a piece of defensive armor, which they carried upon the arm, to protect them from the blows of their enemies.

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Coin

A coin is a small object, usually round and flat, used primarily as a medium of exchange or legal tender.

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Compitalia

The Compitalia (Ludi Compitalicii) was an annual festival in ancient Roman religion held in honor of the Lares Compitales, household deities of the crossroads, to whom sacrifices were offered at the places where two or more ways met.

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Condottiero

Condottieri (condottiero or condottiere) were Italian military leaders during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period.

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Corniculum (ancient Latin town)

Corniculum was an ancient town in Latium in central Italy.

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Curia

Curia (curiae) in ancient Rome referred to one of the original groupings of the citizenry, eventually numbering 30, and later every Roman citizen was presumed to belong to one.

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Curia Hostilia

The Curia Hostilia was one of the original senate houses or "curiae" of the Roman Republic.

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Curiate assembly

The Curiate Assembly (comitia curiata) was the principal assembly that evolved in shape and form over the course of the Roman Kingdom until the Comitia Centuriata organized by Servius Tullius.

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Cypselus

Cypselus (Κύψελος, Kypselos) was the first tyrant of Corinth in the 7th century BC.

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Cyrus the Great

Cyrus II of Persia (𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁), commonly known as Cyrus the Great, was the founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.

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Denarius

The denarius (dēnāriī) was the standard Roman silver coin from its introduction in the Second Punic War to the reign of Gordian III (AD 238–244), when it was gradually replaced by the antoninianus.

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Diana (mythology)

Diana is a goddess in Roman and Hellenistic religion, primarily considered a patroness of the countryside and nature, hunters, wildlife, childbirth, crossroads, the night, and the Moon.

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Dictator

A dictator is a political leader who possesses absolute power.

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Diocles of Peparethus

Diocles of Peparethus (Διοκλῆς; fl. late 4th – early 3rd century BC) was a historian from the Greek island of Peparethus.

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Dionysius of Halicarnassus

Dionysius of Halicarnassus (Διονύσιος ἈλεξάνδρουἉλικαρνασσεύς,; – after 7 BC) was a Greek historian and teacher of rhetoric, who flourished during the reign of Emperor Augustus.

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Ennius

Quintus Ennius was a writer and poet who lived during the Roman Republic.

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Esquiline Hill

The Esquiline Hill (Collis Esquilinus; Esquilino) is one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

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Etruscan civilization

The Etruscan civilization was an ancient civilization created by the Etruscans, a people who inhabited Etruria in ancient Italy, with a common language and culture who formed a federation of city-states.

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Etruscology

Etruscology is the study of the ancient civilization of the Etruscans in Italy, which was incorporated into an expanding Roman Empire during the period of Rome's Middle Republic.

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Fasti Triumphales

The Acta Triumphorum or Triumphalia, better known as the Fasti Triumphales, or Triumphal Fasti, is a calendar of Roman magistrates honoured with a celebratory procession known as a triumphus, or triumph, in recognition of an important military victory, from the earliest period down to 19 BC.

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Fortuna

Fortuna (Fortūna, equivalent to the Greek goddess Tyche) is the goddess of fortune and the personification of luck in Roman religion who, largely thanks to the Late Antique author Boethius, remained popular through the Middle Ages until at least the Renaissance.

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François Tomb

The François Tomb is an important painted Etruscan tomb from the Ponte Rotto Necropolis in the Etruscan city of Vulci, Lazio, in central Italy.

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Gens

In ancient Rome, a gens (or,;: gentes) was a family consisting of individuals who shared the same ''nomen gentilicium'' and who claimed descent from a common ancestor.

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Greave

A greave (from the Old French greve "shin, shin armor") or jambeau is a piece of armor that protects the leg.

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Guillaume Rouillé

Guillaume Rouillé (italic; 15181589), also called Roville or Rovillius, was one of the most prominent humanist bookseller-printers in 16th-century Lyon.

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Hasta (spear)

The hasta (hastae) was the spear carried by early Roman legionaries, for which the Roman soldiers known as hastati were named.

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Helmet

A helmet is a form of protective gear worn to protect the head.

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Hiero II of Syracuse

Hiero II (Ἱέρων Β΄; c. 308 BC – 215 BC), also called Hieron II, was the Greek tyrant of Syracuse, Greek Sicily, from 275 to 215 BC, and the illegitimate son of a Syracusan noble, Hierocles, who claimed descent from Gelon.

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History of Rome (Livy)

The History of Rome, perhaps originally titled Annales, and frequently referred to as Ab Urbe Condita (From the Founding of the City), is a monumental history of ancient Rome, written in Latin between 27 and 9 BC by the Roman historian Titus Livius, better known in English as "Livy".

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Hoplite

Hoplites (hoplîtai) were citizen-soldiers of Ancient Greek city-states who were primarily armed with spears and shields.

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Hubris

Hubris, or less frequently hybris, describes a personality quality of extreme or excessive pride or dangerous overconfidence and complacency, often in combination with (or synonymous with) arrogance.

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Interregnum

An interregnum (plural interregna or interregnums) is a period of discontinuity or "gap" in a government, organization, or social order.

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Julius Caesar

Gaius Julius Caesar (12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. Servius Tullius and Julius Caesar are Assassinated ancient Roman politicians.

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King of Rome

The king of Rome (rex Romae) was the ruler of the Roman Kingdom. Servius Tullius and king of Rome are kings of Rome.

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Lares

Lares (archaic lasēs, singular) were guardian deities in ancient Roman religion.

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Latin League

The Latin League (– 338 BC)Stearns, Peter N. (2001).

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Latins (Italic tribe)

The Latins (Latin: Latinus (m.), Latina (f.), Latini (m. pl.)), sometimes known as the Latials or Latians, were an Italic tribe which included the early inhabitants of the city of Rome (see Roman people).

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Lex curiata de imperio

In the constitution of ancient Rome, the lex curiata de imperio (plural leges curiatae) was the law confirming the rights of higher magistrates to hold power, or imperium.

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Livy

Titus Livius (59 BC – AD 17), known in English as Livy, was a Roman historian.

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Lucius Tarquinius Priscus

Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, or Tarquin the Elder, was the legendary fifth king of Rome and first of its Etruscan dynasty. Servius Tullius and Lucius Tarquinius Priscus are 6th-century BC Romans, 6th-century BC monarchs, 6th-century BC murdered monarchs, Assassinated ancient Roman politicians, Etruscan kings and kings of Rome.

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Lucius Tarquinius Superbus

Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (died 495 BC) was the legendary seventh and final king of Rome, reigning 25 years until the popular uprising that led to the establishment of the Roman Republic. Servius Tullius and Lucius Tarquinius Superbus are 6th-century BC Romans, 6th-century BC monarchs, Etruscan kings and kings of Rome.

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Lyon Tablet

The Lyon Tablet is an ancient bronze tablet that bears the transcript of a speech given by the Roman emperor Claudius.

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Marcus Terentius Varro

Marcus Terentius Varro (116–27 BC) was a Roman polymath and a prolific author.

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Mithridates VI Eupator

Mithridates or Mithradates VI Eupator (-->Μιθριδάτης; 135–63 BC) was the ruler of the Kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia from 120 to 63 BC, and one of the Roman Republic's most formidable and determined opponents.

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Nexum

Nexum was a debt bondage contract in the early Roman Republic.

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Optimates and populares

Optimates (Latin for "best ones") and populares (Latin for "supporters of the people") are labels applied to politicians, political groups, traditions, strategies, or ideologies in the late Roman Republic.

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Palestrina

Palestrina (ancient Praeneste; Πραίνεστος, Prainestos) is a modern Italian city and comune (municipality) with a population of about 22,000, in Lazio, about east of Rome.

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Parricide

Parricide refers to the deliberate killing of one's own father and mother, spouse (husband or wife), children, and/or close relative.

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Patrician (ancient Rome)

The patricians (from patricius) were originally a group of ruling class families in ancient Rome.

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Patronage in ancient Rome

Patronage (clientela) was the distinctive relationship in ancient Roman society between the patronus ('patron') and their cliens ('client').

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Phalanx

The phalanx (phalanxes or phalanges) was a rectangular mass military formation, usually composed entirely of heavy infantry armed with spears, pikes, sarissas, or similar polearms tightly packed together.

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Plebeians

In ancient Rome, the plebeians or plebs were the general body of free Roman citizens who were not patricians, as determined by the census, or in other words "commoners".

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Pliny the Elder

Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/24 AD 79), called Pliny the Elder, was a Roman author, naturalist, natural philosopher, naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian.

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Plutarch

Plutarch (Πλούταρχος, Ploútarchos;; – after AD 119) was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi.

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Ptolemy I Soter

Ptolemy I Soter (Πτολεμαῖος Σωτήρ, Ptolemaîos Sōtḗr "Ptolemy the Savior"; c. 367 BC – January 282 BC) was a Macedonian Greek general, historian, and successor of Alexander the Great who went on to found the Ptolemaic Kingdom centered on Egypt and led by his progeny from 305 BC – 30 BC.

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Quintus Fabius Pictor

Quintus Fabius Pictor (born BC, BC) was the earliest known Roman historian.

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Quirinal Hill

The Quirinal Hill (Collis Quirinalis; Quirinale) is one of the Seven Hills of Rome, at the north-east of the city center.

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Roman censor

The censor was a magistrate in ancient Rome who was responsible for maintaining the census, supervising public morality, and overseeing certain aspects of the government's finances.

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Roman citizenship

Citizenship in ancient Rome (civitas) was a privileged political and legal status afforded to free individuals with respect to laws, property, and governance.

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Roman consul

A consul was the highest elected public official of the Roman Republic (to 27 BC).

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Roman currency

Roman currency for most of Roman history consisted of gold, silver, bronze, orichalcum and copper coinage.

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Roman dictator

A Roman dictator was an extraordinary magistrate in the Roman Republic endowed with full authority to resolve some specific problem to which he had been assigned.

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Roman Kingdom

The Roman Kingdom, also referred to as the Roman monarchy or the regal period of ancient Rome, was the earliest period of Roman history when the city and its territory were ruled by kings.

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Roman mythology

Roman mythology is the body of myths of ancient Rome as represented in the literature and visual arts of the Romans, and is a form of Roman folklore.

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Roman Republic

The Roman Republic (Res publica Romana) was the era of classical Roman civilization beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom (traditionally dated to 509 BC) and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire following the War of Actium.

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Roman Senate

The Roman Senate (Senātus Rōmānus) was the highest and constituting assembly of ancient Rome and its aristocracy.

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Roman temple

Ancient Roman temples were among the most important buildings in Roman culture, and some of the richest buildings in Roman architecture, though only a few survive in any sort of complete state.

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Roman tribe

A tribus, or tribe, was a division of the Roman people for military, censorial, and voting purposes.

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Roman triumph

The Roman triumph (triumphus) was a civil ceremony and religious rite of ancient Rome, held to publicly celebrate and sanctify the success of a military commander who had led Roman forces to victory in the service of the state or, in some historical traditions, one who had successfully completed a foreign war.

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Romulus

Romulus was the legendary founder and first king of Rome. Servius Tullius and Romulus are kings of Rome.

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Sargon of Akkad

Sargon of Akkad (𒊬𒊒𒄀|Šarrugi), also known as Sargon the Great, was the first ruler of the Akkadian Empire, known for his conquests of the Sumerian city-states in the 24th to 23rd centuries BC.

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Servian Wall

The Servian Wall (Murus Servii Tullii; Mura Serviane) is an ancient Roman defensive barrier constructed around the city of Rome in the early 4th century BC.

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Servio Tullio

Servio Tullio is an opera composed by Agostino Steffani to a libretto by Ventura Terzago based on events in the life of the Roman king Servius Tullius.

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Sestertius

The sestertius (sestertii) or sesterce (sesterces) was an ancient Roman coin.

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Slavery in ancient Rome

Slavery in ancient Rome played an important role in society and the economy.

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A social class or social stratum is a grouping of people into a set of hierarchical social categories, the most common being the working class, middle class, and upper class.

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SPQR

SPQR, an initialism for Senatus Populusque Romanus, is an emblematic phrase referring to the government of the Roman Republic.

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Suessa Pometia

Suessa Pometia (Σούεσσα Πωμεντιάνη; also Pometia) was an ancient city of Latium, which had ceased to exist in historical times.

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T. P. Wiseman

Timothy Peter Wiseman (born 3 February 1940), who usually publishes as T. P.

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Tanaquil

Tanaquil (Etruscan: Thanchvil) was the queen of Rome by marriage to Tarquinius Priscus, the fifth King of Rome.

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Tarquinia gens

The gens Tarquinia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome, usually associated with Lucius Tarquinius Priscus and Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the fifth and seventh Kings of Rome.

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Temple of Diana (Rome)

The Temple of Diana was an edifice in ancient Rome which, according to the early semi-legendary history of Rome, was built in the 6th century BC during the reign of the king Servius Tullius.

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Tribune of the plebs

Tribune of the plebs, tribune of the people or plebeian tribune (tribunus plebis) was the first office of the Roman state that was open to the plebeians, and was, throughout the history of the Republic, the most important check on the power of the Roman Senate and magistrates.

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