| A | B |
|---|
| gladiators | person engaged in a fight to the death for the entertainment of the masses |
| Carthage | fought with Rome in the Punic Wars |
| Catacombs | caves where Christians secretly worshipped |
| Hadrian | built a wall around the western edge ofthe empire |
| Hannibal | attacked the Roman empire by using elephants |
| Pompeii | city in Rome that was destroyed by volcano |
| Diocletian | responsible for splitting the empire |
| Constantine | responsible for moving the Eastern Roman capital to modern day Turkey6 |
| Nero | a bad emperor who accused the Christians of burning Rome |
| Caesar Augustus | Octavius - heir to Julius |
| Paul | apostle who spread Christianity throughout the Roman empire |
| Cleopatra | Egyptian queen |
| Patricians | wealthy landowners who are free men |
| Plebians | free ppoor men who did not have the right to vote |
| Virgil | famous Roman poet |
| Brutus | Senator who killed Julius Caesar |
| Edict of Milan | made Christianity legal in the Roman Empire |
| Visigoths | invaded the western lands of the Roman empire |
| Huns | led by Atilla, they attacked Rome |
| Vandals | invaded Rome from North Africa |
| Romulus | one of the boys whom legend says founded Rome |
