| A | B |
|---|
| Dido | Queen of Carthage; abandoned by Aeneas |
| Carthage | city in North Africa visited by Aeneas |
| Troy | city in Asia Minor which lost a ten-year war against the Greeks |
| Punic Wars | fought between Rome and Carthage |
| corpus delicti | body (evidence) of the crime |
| flagrante delicto | caught in the act |
| amicus curiae | friend of the court |
| Latium | area of Italy around Rome |
| Hesperia | Greek name for Italy (the "Western Land") |
| Alba Longa | city founded by Ascanius |
| Tiber | river that goes through Rome |
| Roma | city founded by Romulus in 753 B.C.! |
| Ostia | port city on the Tiber |
| Latini | tribe in the area between Rome and Alba Longa |
| Etruscri | tribe north of Rome |
| Aeneas | Trojan who left Troy to settle in Italy |
| Vergil | Roman poet who wrote the Aeneid |
| mala fide | in bad faith; deceptive |
| malum prohibitum | something illegal |
| malum in se | something immoral |
| bona fide | genuine |
| caveat emptor | buyer beware |
| res ipsa loquitur | the matter is obvious |
| Ascanius | son of Aeneas; founded Alba Longa |
| Numitor | exiled from Alba Longa by his brother |
| Amulius | bad brother who stole the kingship |
| Proca | father of Amulius and Numitor |
| Rhea Silvia | mother of twins Romulus and Remus; was made a Vestal Virgin |
| Mars | raped Rhea Silvia; fathered Romulus and Remus |
| Romulus | killed his brother; founder of Rome |
| Remus | was killed by his brother |
| Lupa | she-wolf who nursed Romulus and Remus |
| Faustulus | shepherd who raised the twins |
| Larentia | shepherd's wife who raised the twins |
| Alban Kings | ruled Alba Longa after Ascanius |
| prima facie | at the first appearance |
| onus probandi | burden of proof |
| habeas corpus | may you have the body (right to have case heard in court) |
