| A | B |
| census | an official count of people living in a place |
| villa | a country estate |
| circus | arena in ancient Rome or the show held Rome or the show held there |
| gladiator | a person who fought to the death as entertainment for the Roman public |
| Jesus | founder of Christianity; believed by Christians to be the Messiah |
| messiah | a savior in Judaism and Christianity |
| disciple | a follower of a person or belief |
| epistle | in the Christian Bible, letters written by disciples |
| martyr | a person who dies for a cause |
| Constantine | emperor of Rome from A.D. 312 to 337 |
| mercenary | a soldier who serves for pay in a foreign army |
| inflation | an economic situation in which the government issues more money with lower value |