| A | B |
|---|
| ludi circenses | chariot races |
| circus maximus | hippodrome/racetrack in Rome |
| 200,000 | number of specators at the circus |
| curriculum | race track |
| feriae | 90 public holidays |
| feriati | people celebrating a holiday |
| spina | barrier in the middle of the racetrack |
| quadrigae | 4-horse chariots |
| 7 | number of laps in a chariot race |
| metae | turning posts |
| signum | signal to start the race |
| mappa | white cloth dropped to start the race |
| factiones | racing teams |
| albati | white team |
| prasini | green team |
| russati | red team |
| veneti | blue team |
| favere | to support a team |
| Diocles | famous charioteer |
| sedes | seats |
| between the Palatine and Aventine Hill | location of Circus Maximus |
| carceres | stalls for the horses |
| eggs/dolphins | turned to show the laps |
| gladius | sword |
| sica | dagger |
| galea | helmet |
| parma | small round shield |
| tridens | 3-pronged spear |
| gladiator | sword-fighter |
| hasta | spear |
| lanista | gladiator trainer |
| scutum | large shield |
| rete | net |
| ocrea | shin-guard |
| panem et circenses | bread and circuses (free food and entertainment) |
| cost to see gladiators | nothing |
| Fidenae | site of collapse of an amphitheater |
| Amphitheatrum Flavium | real name of the Colosseum |
| Nero | Emperor whose "colossal" statue was near the Colosseum |
| Vespasian | started building the Colosseum |
| Titus | emperor when the Colosseum opened |
| 50,000 | number of spectators in the Colosseum |
| wood | what the floor of the colosseum was made of |
| prison cells, animal cages | what was in the basement of the Colosseum |
| Etruscans | lived north of Rome, influenced Roman religion and architecture |
| Sabines | tribe the Romans tricked and stole their women |
| Lucretia | her rape ended led to the expulsion of the Roman Kings |
| SPQR | motto of the Roman Republic-The Senate and the Roman people |
| Gauls | destroyed Rome in 386 BC |
| Theseus | killed the Minotaur |
| Minotaur | half-man, half-bull |
| Labyrinth | maze, home of the Minotaur |
| Crete | island where the Minotaur was |
| Minos | King of Crete |
| Ariadne | daughter of Minos, helped Theseus with the string |
| Daedalus | built the Labyrinth |
| Perseus | son of Zeus, killed Medusa |
| Gorgon | Medusa and her sisters |
| Medusa | turned people into stone |
| Danae | Perseus' mother |
| Acrisius | Perseus' grandfather who sent him and his mother away |
