| A | B |
| social order | the way groups of people are classed |
| soothsayers | people who can predict events |
| omens | signs of what is to happen |
| catacombs | the dead were buried in tombs beneath the ground |
| necropolis | cemetary |
| political map | maps that show areas ruled by particular governments |
| Lucius Tarquinius | first Etruscan ruler of Rome |
| forum | Rome's public square |
| gladiatorial games | fights of enslaved people |
| triumph | parade like welcome given a Roman hero returning from battle |
| fasces | bundle of rods bound around an ax |
| Capitoline | one of the seven hills of Rome |
| municipal | relating to a city |
| mundus | the meeting point for the worlds of the living and dead |
| Remus | was killed by his brother |
| Romulus | king of Rome |
| Aeneas | Trojan prince |
| Mars | father of Romulus and Remus |
| Latins | group that settled on the Palatine |