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| 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 |
| gladiators | people who fought to the death |
| Jesus | founder of Christianity; believed to be the Messiah |
| Messiah | a savior in Judaism and Christianity |
| disciple | a follower of a person or belief |
| epistle | in the Christian Bible, letters written by disciples |
| martyr | a person who dies for a cause |
| Constantine | emperor of Rome from AD 312 to 337, encouraged the spread of Christianity |
| mercenary | a soldier who serves for pay in a foreign army |
