| A | B |
| Venus | mother of Aeneas |
| Latinus | Aeneas married his daughter |
| Latium | place in Italy where Aeneas settled |
| Latinus | king of the Latins |
| Aeneas | led the Trojans to Italy |
| Rhea Silvia | mother of Romulus and Remus |
| Romulus | founded Rome and was her first king |
| Alba Longa | city where Romulus and Remus were born |
| Numitor | grandfather of Romulus and Remus |
| April 21, 753 B.C. | date on which Rome was founded |
| Remus | was killed by Romulus |
| Tarquin the Proud | Rome's last king |
| 509 B.C. | year in which the Rome changed from a kindgom to a republic |
| Horatius | held off the enemy invaders at the bridge over the Tiber |
| Mucius Scaevola | swore to kill the king who was helping Tarquin the Proud return to power; burnt his right hand in a fire |
| Scaevola | means "Lefty" |
| Julius Caesar | Rome's greatest general, conquered many lands for Rome |
| March 15, 44 B.C. | date on which Julius Caesar was murdered |
| Octavian | Julius Caesar's adopted son; brought many years of peace to the Roman empire |
| Augustus | means "the honored one" |
| 500 years | the Roman Empire lasted approximately this long |
| derivative of poeta | poet |
| derivative of exempli | example |
| derivative of gratia | grace |