Glossary

Sens.

A Latin historian of Greek origin who was born in Antioch around 330 and died sometime around 400. Continued the work of Tacitus.

An architecural element made of stone or terracotta that was used to decorate the edges of roofs.

From 27 BCE to 14 CE.

A small glass, ceramic or metal flask for perfume or unguents.

Il s'agit de bateaux civils transportant des armes et des pièces d'équipement militaire : casques, boucliers, cuirasses, javelots, jambières.

A road with a north-south orientation.

A road with a north-south orientation.

A type of citadel.

The place in Roman theatres or amphitheatres where spectators would sit. 

Dans l'Antiquité, le terme cité n'est pas un synonyme de ville. Il désigne une entité politique, administrative et territoriale qui, dans le cas présent, correspond à l'ancien territoire du peuple gaulois des Parisii dont la principale ville est Lutèce. 

A support projecting from a wall for the pruposes of holding up a lintel or a cornice.

Cuvette recevant le gond d'une porte.

Building in which meetings of the municipal council took place.

A road with an east-west orientation.

Distance existant entre deux colonnes. 

The donation of buildings or equipment (and their upkeep) to a town and its people, made by political leaders or members of the elite.

Officer of the Roman army.

A room, ofter in the form of a square or semi-circular apse and, by extention, a concave architectural structure with a curvilinear or polygonal layout.

Pièce froide.

In Auvergne.

Dans la construction des murs, module de pierres de grandes dimensions qui s'oppose au petit appareil (moellons...).

Surveyors cross.

System of heating the floors of baths and houses. The floor of the room was built on stacks of tiles or tubes between which hot air from the praefurnium (furnace) circulated.

A housing lot.

Plural : labra. A pool, basin or tub in the baths.

Plural : maeniana. A row of seats.

People of Belgic Gaul who served as auxiliaries in the Roman army.

A marker for indicating the distance of a Roman mile.

Bateliers, pilotes regroupés en corporation.

Generic term used bu Julius Caesare in The Gallic Wars to describe Gallic strongholds delibertately built on high points or on islands. The term probably covered a number of configuration ranging from a single refuge to a fortified town.

Decorative floor or wall covering consisting of pieces of marble of various sizes, shapes and colours.

Wall facing consisting of allternating rows of small stones and brick.

Room or courtyard in the baths used for physical exercise.

Area flanking the stage and stage wall.

Dans la construction des murs, module de pierres de petites dimensions (moellons...) qui s'oppose au grand appareil. 

Wall surrounding the stage or the arena of the cavea in theatre or amphitheatre.

Annex located behind the frons scaenae.

Platform of the stage.

A roman foot = 0.296 meters.

Stage Wall.

Pural : tubuli. Terra cotta conduits used for curculating hot air.

Awning hing over the spectators in a theatre or amphitheatre to protect them from the sun.

Transversus : voie transversale implantée dans un système quadrillé urbain.

Roman architect of the 1st century BCE, famous for his treatise on architecture, De Architectura.

Plural : vomitoria. Entrance leading directly into the seating area of a theatre or amphitheatre.