| A | B |
|---|
| Rome's first emperor | Augustus |
| written works that poke fun at human weaknesses | satires |
| huge amphitheater constructed in Rome | Colosseum |
| the long era of peace that began with Augustus | Pax Romana |
| a philosophy that encouraged Romans to live in a practical way | Stoicism |
| language that was spoken mostly in the western Roman empire | Latin |
| language that was spoken mostly in the eastern Roman empire | Greek |
| long troughs supported by rows of arches, that brought water from the hills into the cities | aqueducts |
| a mixture of volcanic ash, lime, and water that the Romans were the first to invent and use | concrete |
| curved ceilings formed by building rows of arches against one another | vaults |
| a Roman writer who wrote the Aeneid | Virgil |
| poems expressing strong emotions about life | odes |
| the study of body structure | anatomy |
| a poet who wrote satires and odes | Horace |
| a Greek doctor who brought many medical ideas to Rome, including the importance of anatomy | Galen |
| the study of body structure | anatomy |
| a scientist who lived in Egypt and studied the sky, carefully mapping over 1,000 stars | Ptolemy |
