| A | B |
|---|
| thermae | the baths |
| tepidarium | warm room |
| caldarium | hot room |
| frigidarium | cold room |
| palaestra | gym; exercise ground |
| hypocaust | underfloor heating system in baths |
| trigon | three person ball game |
| unguentum | oil to clean pores |
| strigil | instrument to remove oil at baths |
| vestibulum | entrance way to baths |
| popina | snack-bar; small food shop |
| apodyterium | changing room; locker room |
| pupa | doll |
| par impar | evens/odds Roman game |
| ludus latrunculorum | game of bandits; Roman board game |
| tali | knucklebones |
| digitis micare | to flash fingers; guessing numbers game |
| munera | gladiatorial games |
| pulvinar | emperor's seat of honor in amphitheater |
| amphitheater | home for gladiatorial games |
| lanistae | gladiatorial trainers |
| meridiani | mid-day gladiatorial fights |
| bestiarii | animal fighting gladiators |
| grammaticus | secondary school teacher |
| paedagogus | tutor and school companion |
| rhetor | teacher of rhetoric, public speaking |
| S.D. | Roman letter greeting |
| Vale | Roman letter closing |
| hora | 1/12 of a Roman day |
| watch | 1/4 of a Roman night |
| Kalends | the first of the month |
| Ides | 13 or 15 (MOMJ) month |
| Nonnes | 5 or 7 (MOM J) month |
| A.U.C. | from the founding of Rome |
| consuls' names | the common way of marking years |
| inclusive counting | in counting duration both the day you are on and the day you are counting to |
| nunidae | Roman equivalent of a week |
| Ave morituri salutant te | Gladiator's greeting to emperoro |
| ludus | game/school |
| pridie | the day before;eve |
