UNRV History Glossary
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- Caledonia Modern day Scotland.
- Caligae Heavy military sandals that used iron hob-nails as treads.
- Caligula Third emperor in the Julio-Claudian line.
- Calendar The original Roman calendar was assumedly borrowed, in part, from the Greeks.
- Cappadocia Inland territory in Asia Minor bordering eastern provinces.
- Carrhae Battle where Crassus suffered almost total annihilation.
- Cavalry It was considered secondary and would remain the weakest part of the Roman Army.
- Cato the Elder Roman soldier, politician, statesman, and writer of De Agricultura.
- Catullus Influential Roman poet (84 - 54 BC).
- Censor Elected every 5 years to conduct census and enroll new citizens.
- Ceres Goddess of agriculture, lawgiver and the love a mother bears for her child.
- Christianity Eastern religion that became eventually the official Roman religion.
- Cicero Famous Roman politician, lawyer, and orator.
- Cilicia Made a single province under Vespasian in 72 AD.
- Cimbri Germanic tribe defeated by Marius.
- Cisalpine Gaul The part of Gaul on the Roman side of the Alps.
- City Government Cities were governed by local authorities.
- Claudius Fourth emperor in the Julio - Claudian line.
- Cleopatra The last Pharaoh of Egypt.
- Clothing Ancient Roman clothing which mainly was the tunica, stola, and toga.
- Coins Main Roman form of currency.
- Colosseum The Colosseum, (Flavian Amphitheatre) is one of Rome's most famous buildings.
- Columella Retired soldier who wrote De re rustica.
- Comitia The 3 citizen assemblies were Comitia Curiata, C. Centuriata and the Plebis Tributa.
- Constantine II. Emperor Flavius Claudius Constantinus reined from AD 337 to AD 340
- Constantius I. Chlorus Emperor Flavius Valerius Constantius reined from AD 305 to AD 306.
- Constitution The formal structure of the Republican government.
- Consul The chief civil and military magistrates, elected through the assemblies by popular vote.
- Copper Ductile, malleable metal that occurs naturally. Used by Romans to make bronze and coins.
- Corsica A Roman Province for more then five centuries.
- Crassus Part of the first Triumvirate and the richest man in Rome during Late Republic.
- Crete Greek island that was conquered by Quintus Caecilius Metellus and made into a province.
- Cursus Honorum Offices in the Roman government mainly held by Patricians.
- Cyprus Roman province from 27 BC until the 12th century AD (Byzanz).