| A | B |
|---|
| forum | Public square used as a business, judicial and government center |
| patricians | People from old, wealthy families |
| plebeians | Ordinary people |
| lucrative | Yielding financial gain |
| patresfamilias (patres) | Class of wealthy landowners (literally, father as head of a household including wife, children, property, slaves |
| King Numa Pompilius | Ruler of Rome after Romulus. Built first temple to Vesta. |
| Vesta | Goddess of the city's hearth |
| Janus | Two-faced god of doors. |
| Pontifex Maximus | Head priest. |
| praetor | One of 8 judges who preside over a law court. |
| plebiscite | Law made by the plebeian assembly. |
| republic | State in which the supreme power is held by the people or their elected representatives. |
| consuls | Two equal citizens elected to be the top officials of Rome. |
| tribunes | Group of plebeians who were elected to protect the rights of plebeians. |
| veto | Prevent passage of a proposal. |
| Pyrrhic victory | A victory gained at too great a cost like that of the Greek leader Pyrrhusover the Romans in 279 BC. |
| decimated | To reduce drastically, especially in number. Destroy. |
