| A | B |
|---|
| dog throw | worst throw (four ones) in a game of dice |
| Venus throw | best throw in dice (all sides different) |
| knucklebones | animal knuckles used as dice with four sides |
| harpastum; trigon | ball games played by children |
| par-impar | odd-even finger flashing game |
| balneae; thermae | public baths |
| palaestra | exercise area in baths |
| strigil | scraper to remove dirt and oil from skin |
| tepidarium | warm bath |
| caldarium | hot bath |
| frigidarium | cold bath |
| hypocaustum | furnace under the floor of bathhouse |
| apodyterium | changing room in baths |
| tourism | trips to Greece and Egypt |
| ludi | games |
| ludi scaenici (extra credit) | theatrical competitions |
| ludi circenses | chariot races |
| Circus Maximus | venue for chariot and horse races |
| spina | long barrier in middle of Cricus Maximus track |
| metae | turning posts in Circus Maximus |
| mappa | white cloth dropped to start a chariot race |
| 24 races (extra credit) | usual number of chariot races held each day |
| Colosseum (Flavian amphitheatre) | venue for gladiatorial combats |
| 55,000 | seating capacity of the Colosseum |
| retiarius (extra credit) | carried trident, net, four-pronged dagger |
| Samnite (extra credit) | carried short sword; wore body armor, shield, big helmet |
| lanista | trainer of gladiators |
| Spartacus | escaped from gladiatorial school; led revolt |
| sacramentum gladiatorum (extra credit) | Code: "Fight with dignity. Die with dignity." |
| meridiani (extra credit) | mid-day executions |
| pollice verso | "thumb turned (up)" means death |
| mid-fifth century, CE (extra credit) | end of gladiators |
| slave markets | sold slaves to work in mines, on farms, in homes |
| runaway slaves | guilty of stealing themselves |
| manumission | legal process of freeing a slave |
| pilleus | felt hat given to a freed slave |
| Saturnalia | Roman festival in December in which slaves and owners switched roles |
| libertinus | freed male slave |
| libertina | freed female slave |
| libertini | freed people |
