| A | B |
| census | an official count of people living in a place |
| villa | a country estate |
| circus | an arena in ancient rome or the show held there |
| gladiator | a person who fought to the death as entertainment for the roman republic |
| Jesus | founder of christianity believed by christians to be the messiah |
| messiah | a savior in judaism |
| disciple | a follower of a person or belief |
| epistle | in the christian bible letters written by discipels |
| martyr | a person who dies for cause |
| Constantine | emperor of rome from a.d. 312 to 337 |
| mercenary | a soldier who serves for pay in a foreign army |
| inflation | an economic situation in which the government issues more money with lower value |