| Term | Definition |
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| alliteration | the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of two or more words or syllables |
| anaphora | the repetition of the same word at the beginning of a group of successive words |
| apostrophe | the direct address in the 2nd person of a person or object not present |
| asyndeton | the omission of the conjunction |
| chiasmus | a crisscross order of words X |
| hendiadys | the expression of one idea by the use of two nouns joined by et |
| hyperbole | exaggeration for emphasis |
| litotes | an understatement, usually in the form of negative statement implying a postive |
| metaphor | an implied comparison suggesting a likeness between two things |
| metonymy | the substitution of one word for another related to the first |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words to imitate and suggest natural sounds |
| personification | giving human personality or emotion to an object |
| polysyndeton | the excessive (and often unnecessary) use of conjunctions |
| rhetorical question | a question which does not expect an answer |
| similie | a comparison often introduced by ut, velut, and qualis |
| synethesis | an interlocking word order giving the pattern ABAB |
| tmesis | the splitting of a compound word into two parts |
| tricolon crescens | a series of words or phrases arranged in an ascending order of force or importance |
| UNUS NAUTA | adjectice that imitate the pattern of ille by ending in ius (gen.) and i (dat.) everywhere else they follow the normal 1st and 2nd declension patterns |
| unus | one, UNUS NAUTA adj. |
| nullus | no one, none, UNUS NAUTA adj. |
| ullus | any, UNUS NAUTA adj. |
| solus | alone, UNUS NAUTA adj. |
| neuter | neither, UNUS NAUTA adj. |
| alius | other, UNUS NAUTA adj. |
| uter | either, UNUS NAUTA adj. |
| totus | whole, UNUS NAUTA adj. |
| alter | the other, UNUS NAUTA adj. |
| founding of Rome | 753 BC |
| Monarchy | 753-509 BC |
| Republic | 509-44 BC |
| Cato | 234-149 BC |
| Golden Age | 149-44 BC |
| Cicero | 106-43 BC |
| Caesar | 100-44 BC |
| Nepos | 99-24 BC |
| Lucretius | 94-55 BC |
| Ciceronian Period | 80-44 BC |
| Livy | 59 BC- 17 AD |
| Caesar assassination | 44 BC |
| Silver Age | 44 BC |
| Empire | 27 BC |
| Seneca | 4 BC - 65 AD |
| Valerius Maximus | 14 - 37 AD |
| Pliny the Elder | 23 -79 AD |
| Columella | mid 1st century |
| Pliny the Younger | 61-112 AD |
| Suetonius | 70-130 AD |
| Aulus Gellius | 125-180 AD |
| Tertia Aemilia | wife of Africanus Prior, she was stayed with her husband after learning of an affair with a slave girl. She later freed the slave woman and gave her into marriage with her freedman. |
| Turia | wife of Quintus Lecretius, proscribed by the triumvirate. She saved him by hiding him between the vault and roof of the bedroom. |
| Sulpicia | guarded diligently by her mother, she dressed herself up as a slave woman, scaped her mother and followed her proscribed husband Lentulus Cruscellio. |
| Laelia | Cicero's mother-in law, she was able to speak concisely, gently, and with a smooth sound |
| Seutonis | kept his daughter and granddaughters from the coming together of strangers, and they were only able to speak openly so that it could be written down in the book of the day |
| Antonia Minor | after the death of her husband went to live with her mother in law, and they grew old together. |
| Porcia | daughter of Marcus Cato, wife of Brutus, after the death of her husband, she swallowed burning charcoal, intimating the brave death of her father |
| Iaia of Cyzicus | never married, great woman painter who surpassed male painters such as Sopolis and Dionsius, her student Autobulus (olympias) also painted |
| Lucceia | and actress in mime, spoke her lines on stage for 100yrs. |
| Galeria Copiola | preformed interludes, |
| Pompeia Paulina | wife of Seneca, wanted to die gloriously with her husband, cut her limbs and face, but lived |
| Tanaquil | reared Servius Tullius in a royal way, prepares Servius Tullius to take the throne after the assassination of Tarquin |
| Hysteria cure | burned hair drives away serpents and hysteria |
| Scabs/Eye Irritation | ash burned in a pot/with foam of silver |
| Infant sores/warts/Head Cures | cured with honey, frankincense and honey |
| Helvia | the mother of Seneca Minor |
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