History of Rome Glossary

History of Rome Glossary

vigilance

keeping careful watch for danger

slumber

deep sleep

digression

a temporary departure

idleness

to be still

headlong

to be in a rush

virtue

goodness and honesty

reigns

to rule as monarch

prosperity

to have wealth and success

frenzy

hysteria

praetors

two ancient Roman magistrates

skeptical

dubious

metonymy

to substitute of the name of an attribute

panegyric

eulogy

valor

courage

tribunal

court of justice.

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