Triclinium

A triclinium is a formal dining room in a Roman building.

Asphodel Meadow

The Asphodel Meadows is a section of the Ancient Greek underworld where indifferent and ordinary souls were sent to live after death.

Soracte

Monte Soratte is a mountain ridge in the province of Rome, Italy. It is a narrow, isolated limestone ridge with a length of 5.5 km and six peaks.

Venus Genetrix

Venus Genetrix ("Mother Venus"), as a goddess of motherhood and domesticity and as ancestress of the Roman people. She was claimed as direct ancestress of the Julian gens in particular; Julius Caesar dedicated a Temple of Venus Genetrix to her in 46 BC.
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Pliny

Pliny the Elder - was a Roman author, naturalist, and natural philosopher.

Unctorium

The process of scraping, rubbing ,and oiling was exceedingly important. It must be done after the cold bath and maybe before the warm bath. Each bather brings his/her own strigils and oil flasks. One could scrape and oil oneself, or have trained slaves for such tasks. Trained slaves also gave messages. Either the warm room or the dressing room could replace the unctorium.
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Hexameter

Hexameter is a form of meter in poetry or a rhythmic scheme. It is traditionally associated with the quantitative meter of classical epic poetry in both Greek and Latin, and was consequently considered to be the Grand Style of classical poetry.
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