| A | B |
| civil war | 50-45bc for caesar's dictation over rome |
| publius | crassus's son who died fighting the parthians |
| milo | pompeian gangster who kills clodius |
| marcus tullius cicero | great public orator; pompeian |
| ahenobarbus | attempts to arrest caesar |
| in absentia | ruling from outside of rome |
| marcus antonius | caesar's magister equitum |
| marcus aemilius lepidus | second in command under caesar |
| rubicon river | caesar crossed to enter italy; began civil war |
| confinium | seige battle causing pompey to flee to greece |
| pharsalus | final battle causing pompey to flee to egypt |
| Hoc Voluerunt | "they would have it", Caesar at Pharsalus |
| Ptolemy | Boy king of Egypt, beheaded Pompey |
| Cleopatra | Queen of Egypt, Caesar and Antony's lover |
| Caesarion | Caesar's son with Cleopatra |
| Pharnaces | Son of Mithridates; attacked Pontus |
| Veni, Vidi, Vici | "I came, I saw, I conquered," Caesar at Pontus |
| Praefectus Morum | "Superintendent of Morais" |
| Munda | Battle against Pompey's sons; only Sextus escapes |
| Pater Patriae | "Father of his Country" |
| Dictator Perpetuus | Dictator for Life |
| Gaius Cassius Longinus | Leader of conspiracy against Caesar |
| Marcus Brutus | Figurehead of the conspiracy |
| Decimus Brutus | Convinces Caesar to come to the Senate |
| Artemidorus | Greek philosopher who attempts to warn aesar |
| Ides of March | March 15, 44 BC; day of Caesar's death |