| A | B |
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| Circus Maximus | Oval track for chariot races; held 200,000 people |
| Colosseum | stadium for gladiator fights |
| Flavian Amphitheater | Official name for the Colosseum |
| Trajan's Marketplace | A permanent shopping center in Rome (the first mall) |
| Trajan's Column | Huge carved column showing Emperor Trajan's successful war campaign |
| Arch of Titus | Freestanding arch carved with scenes from Emperor Titus's war against the Jews |
| Curia | Senate House |
| Pantheon | Roman temple to all gods |
| forum | business, religious, and civic center of a Roman town |
| insula | apartment building |
| circus | a race track |
| amphitheater | a stadium |
| theater | a semi-circular place for plays |
| basilica | a public building for court cases, etc. |
| domus | a house |
| temple | the house of a god |
| dome | a rounded roof |
| column | a tall cylinder for holding up a roof |
| capital | the top of a column |
| Corinthian | the most elaborate capital |
| Ionic | a scroll-like capital |
| Doric | a flat, simple capital |
| cloaca | a sewer |
| aqueduct | pipes for carrying water into a city |
| keystone | the center top stone of an arch |
| arch | a rounded opening in a building or wall; enforced stability |
