| A | B |
|---|
| Aedile | Magistrate with responsibility for civic affairs |
| Ala | Room in a roman house |
| Andron | Passage from house to garden |
| Atrium | Hall in house |
| Bestiaries | Gladiator who killed animals |
| Bulla | Good luck charm |
| Calcei | Sandals |
| Caldarium | Hotroom with pool at baths |
| Cena | Main meal of the day |
| Coemptio | marriage ceremony involving bride purchase |
| Comissatio | drinking party following a dinner |
| Conclamatio | calling the name of a dead person |
| Confarreatio | Patrician marriage ceremony |
| Forum Romanum | the religious and political centre of Rome |
| Grammaticus | teacher of students aged 12-15 |
| Hypocaust | under-floor heating system |
| Ientaculum | Breakfast |
| Lacerna | Mans cloak |
| Lanista | trainer of gladiators |
| Lararium | shrine of the lares |
| Libertus | Freedman |
| Litterator | teacher of students aged 7-12 |
| Manumission | freeing of slaves |
| Materfamilias | Wife of paterfamilias |
| Munera | gladiatorial combats |
| Paedagogus | slave supervising students of school age |
| Palaestra | exercise ground |
| Palla | womans cloak |
| Paterfamilias | male head of the household |
| Patria potestas | a fathers power over members of his family |
| Patrician | wealthy aristocrat |
| Patron | wealthy man who accepted responsibility for plebeians welfare |
| Peculium | slaves pocket money |
| Petasus | hat used for travelling |
| Plebeian | one of the common people |
| Prandium | Lunch |
| Pronuba | Once-married woman who acted as brides attendant |
| Rhetor | teacher of the arts of oratory |
| Senate | governing body of Rome |
| Sponsalia | Betrothal |
| Stola | womans dress |
| Tabernae | Shops |
| Thermae | bathing complex |
| Toga | distinctive garment of Roman citizens |
| Toga praetexta | toga with purple edge |
| Toga virilis | plain white toga worn by men |
| Tunica | simple garment worn by workers or under a toga |
| Univira | a once married woman |
| Usus | Marriage by one years uninterrupted cohabitation |
| Velarium | huge awning used at the Colosseum |
| Vilicus | slave overseer of a farm |
| Villa rustica | simple collection of farm house and buildings. |
| Villa urbana | country mansion |
