| A | B |
|---|
| Ostia | seaport of Rome |
| Fascinus | god of fertility in form of winged phallus |
| lemures | shades of the dead |
| numina | divinities found in nature |
| Cacus | deformed human assumed to be a monster; rapes Potitia; killed by Herakles |
| Phoenicians | traders who brought religion, metallurgy, and other cultural elements |
| ruma | name given to the Seven Hills for its similarity to mammaries |
| Herakles | hero who kills Cacus |
| Nemean lion | Herakles wears its hide |
| Hercules | Roman names for Herakles |
| Melkart | Phoenician name for Herakles |
| sacred whisk | used by Potitius to drive away flies from Ara Maxima during rituals |
| ruma | oringin (?) of the word Roma |
| Pales | deity worshipped by shepherds; source of "Palatine" Hill |
| Ara Maxima | "greatest altar" devoted to Hercules |
| stairs of Cacus | stairs built to provide access to top of Palatine Hill |
| Faustulus | swineherd who raised Romulus and Remus |
| Acca Larentia | wife of Faustulus; known as a "she-wolf" |
| ruminalis | fig tree under which Larentia nursed the twins |
| Tarquinia | town in Etruria where Potitius goes to school |
| haruspex | Etruscan diviner or seer; Potitius studies this art |
| Alba (Longa) | neighboring town sacked by Romulus and Remus |
| Amulius | ruler of Alba; killed by Romulus |
| Pinarius | Potitius' cousin; friend to Romulus and Remus |
| Numitor | brother of Amulius; usurped and killed by Amulius |
| Rhea Silvia | daughter of Numitor; forced to become Vestal virgin; mother of the twins |
| Mavors | Mars; father (?) of twins |
| Asylaeus | patron god of refugees; origin of the word "asylum" |
| pomerium | trench dug for Romulus' original wall; sacred boundary of the new city |
| haruspex | priest who interprets omens |
| iron crown | crown shared by Romulus and Remus |
| Field of Mavors | large field for assemblies, military exercises, etc. |
| Senate | body of elders formed by Romulus |
| forum | business center formed when swamp between hills as drained |
| Lupercalia | festival honoring god of flocks; included running of wolflings and fertility rituals |
| Palilia | festival celebrating birth of the city |
| Consualia | festival on the occasion of "the rape of the Sabines" |
| Lictors | carried the fasces |
| fasces | bundle sticks and an axe representing corporal and capital punishment |
| Consus | god of secret deliberations |
| Ostia | seaport of Rome |
| Tullianum | underground cell where enemies/criminals are strangled to death |
| Sibyl | prophetess; lives in Cumae |
| paterfamilias | male head of the family |
| Tarpeian Rock | traitors hurled off of this to their deaths |
| Forum Bovarium (Boarium) | cattle market |
| quadriga | chariot pulled by four horses |
| Collatinus | husband of Lucretia |
| Lucretia | raped by Tarquinius Sextus; commits suicide |
| res publica | "people's state" |
| first consuls | Brutus and Collatinus |
| Appius Claudius | architect of aqueduct and Appian Way |
| Thallassio | wedding song; wedding wish |
