Temple of Vesta Site of the sacred fire tended by the Vestal virgins and dedicated to the goddess of the hearth. Documents, especially wills, were deposited there for safekeeping.
Toga The outer robe of the Roman citizen. It was white for the upper class, darker for the poor and for people in mourning. The toga praetexta, bordered with a purple stripe, was worn by curule magistrates, by state priests when performing their functions, and by boys prior to manhood. The toga picta, purple and embroidered with golden stars, was worn by a general when celebrating a triumph, also by a magistrate when giving public games.
Trans-Tiber A newer district on the left or western bank of the Tiber. It lay beyond the old city walls.
Trebonian law The lex Trebonia, proposed by the Tribune Caius Trebonius, that gave Spain to Pompey, Syria to Crassus, and Gaul and Illyricum to Caesar. One of the more fateful pieces of Roma legislation.
Triumvir A member of a triumvirate known as the Three Men—a board or college, most famously, the three-man rule of Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus. Later, the triumvirate of Antonius, Octavian, and Lepidus.
Witches The Romans recognized three types. Most common were saga, “wise women” who were simply herbalists and specialists in traditional cures for disease and injury. More ominous were striga, true witches (“strega” still means witch in modern Italian). These could cast spells, and had the power of the evil eye, could lay curses, and so forth. Most feared were venefica “poisoners.” Ancient peoples had a supernatural dread of poison and lumped its use together with sorcery rather than pharmacology. The punishments for poisoning were dreadful even by Roman standards. The Romans associated all forms of witchcraft and magic with the Marsians, a neighbor people who spoke the Oscan dialect.
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