Solar Wind. Book one

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Plato is an ancient Greek philosopher who lived in the IV-III century B.C.

2

Guy Petronius Arbiter (14-66) is a Roman writer, author of the satirical novel «Satyricon».

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Publius Aelius Trajan Hadrian (76-138) was a Roman emperor in 138.

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Logos (from Greek «word», «thought») – the World mind.

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Marcus Ulpius Nerva Trajan (53-117) was a Roman emperor in 117. Adopted the future emperor Adriana under the influence of his wife Pompey Dam.

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Apollodorus of Damascus (d. 129) is an architect of the Roman Emperor Trajan's era.

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Vibia Sabina (85-137) was the wife of Emperor Adrian.

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Antinous (111-130) is a lover and constant companion of the Roman Emperor Adriana, deified after death.

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Ra is the Egyptian god of the sun.

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Toga is the outerwear worn by men in ancient Rome

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Salire (Latin) – jumping, dancing.

12

Frumentarii (Latin) were individuals who ran public bread shops and collected different information for the emperor.

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Verissimus (Latin) is the truest, true.

14

Annius "Annales,” book 1., (translated by S.A. Osherov), Chrystomatia on early Roman literature, Moscow, 2nd edition, publishing house "Greek-Latin Cabinet of J.A. Shichalina," 2000, p.35

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Genius is the spirit of the patron saint of men.

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During the burial of the Roman emperors in the sky released an eagle, considered a bird of Jupiter.

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Marcus Porсius Cato the Elder (234-149 BC) is a well-known Roman politician and writer.

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Stola (Latin) – in the ancient Romans women's clothing in the form of tunics, which was worn on top of the bottom tunics and reached the ankles. The stola was a symbol of a legal marriage, and was the clothes worn by the family Romans.

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I'm a Roman citizen! (Latin)

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Citharode was a classical Greek professional performer (singer) of the cithara.

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Cynic (from the Greek dog) is one of the Greek philosophical schools, followers of Socrates, who preached simplicity, escape from conventions.

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Parks are the Roman goddesses of fate.

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Celebrations in honor of Bacchus and Ceres on March 17. On this day, the young men wore toga virilis.

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Toga virilis is a toga of maturity worn by the Romans when they came of age at the age of sixteen.

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AD 134.

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In ancient Greek mythology, the God of medicine and healing.

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Sigma – a bed in the form of a Greek letter ∑.

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Peristyle (Greek) garden, surrounded on four sides covered with colonnade.

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Mucius Scaevola (Latin "Lefty") put his hand on the fire of the roaster to show Etruscan king Porsenna the courage of the Roman people.

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Palanquin is a bed with curtains carried by slaves in their arms.

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Domina (Latin) – Madam.

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Baiae is a resort in ancient Rome.

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Insula is a high-rise building in Rome.

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Saturnalia is a holiday in honor of the god Saturn in December.

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Parasite (Greek) is a slacker. In Rome, poor citizens entertained the hosts at the table.

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The Nomenclator (Latin) is a slave or freedman who during the walk called the names of the oncoming people.

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Libertas (Latin) – Freedom

38

It was believed that women also secreted seed.

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Option (Latin Optio) is a centurion assistant.

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Decurion (Latin Decurio) is the leader of the ten-man cavalry unit in the Legion.

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Lupa (Latin) is a wolf, harlot

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Fasces is a bundle of bandaged bars, symbolizing official power.

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Simon Bar-Kohba was the leader of the Jewish uprising in AD 131-135.

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The frumentarii, at first petty-officers connected with the conveyance of military dispatches. Many of them were then attached to the imperial service as a sort of secret police.

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AD August 4, 135.

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Virgil, The Aeneid, book 6, Publishing House of Fiction, Moscow, 1971, p.240

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November 13, 137

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There's a copper coin in Rome.

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Consulars are persons who have held consuls’ positions.

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The poem of the Roman poet Ovid in 3 books was considered indecent.

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Bless you! (Latin)

52

Beams of knitting or birch rods stretched with belts. In Rome, the symbol of the protection of state power.

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Martial "Golden Mean" (translated by F. Petroski), Library of World Literature, Ancient Lyrics, Art Literature Publishing, Moscow, 1968, p.470.

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The master's office in the Roman house.