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| ampulla |
a round bottle with two handles, used by the ancient Romans for wine, oil, or perfume. [1/2 definitions] |
| Carthage |
an ancient Phoenician city-state founded in the ninth century B.C. near the site of modern Tunis and destroyed in 146 B.C. by the Romans. |
| Doric |
of, pertaining to, designating, or characteristic of the earliest and simplest order of classical Greek architecture, later adapted by the Romans, esp. its typical fluted columns with simple capitals. [1/3 definitions] |
| Pict |
one of an ancient people of Great Britain who were driven into Scotland by the Britons and Romans. |
| Romanic |
of or derived from the Romans. [1/3 definitions] |
| Sabine |
a member of an ancient people of central Italy, conquered by the Romans in the early third century B.C. [1/2 definitions] |
| tunic |
a loose-fitting, knee-length outer garment, often without sleeves and sometimes belted, worn esp. by the ancient Greeks and Romans. [1/4 definitions] |
| Vulgar Latin |
the common, spoken language of the ancient Romans, from which the Romance languages developed; popular Latin as distinct from literary Latin. |
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