| A | B |
|---|
| Plautus | Comedy; stock characters, Dē Menaechmīs |
| Terrence | Comedy; easy Latin; Dē Duobus Fratribus |
| Catullus | Lyric poetry; Lesbia; sparrows |
| Vergil | Epic poetry; Aeneid; Aeneas and Dido |
| Julius Caesar | War narratives; De Bello Gallico; Gauls and Druids |
| Cicero | Speeches and Essays; wrote speech against Catiline. |
| Sallust | History; witnessed Catiline Conspiracy |
| Livy | History; Ab Urbe Condita; early foundation legends of Rome |
| Cornelius Nepos | History & Biographies; famous Greeks and Romans |
| Mercury | Messenger; caduceus & winged hat |
| Jupiter | King of gods and men; thunder & lightning bolts |
| Juno | Queen of the gods; married to Jupiter; marriage |
| Vesta | Hearth and Home; Vestal Virgins |
| Apollo | God of poetry; leader of Muses; arrows and lyre; Dephi |
| Pluto | God of underworld; married to Proserpina |
| Ceres | Goddess of Grain; stalk of wheat |
| Neptune | god of the seas; trident and horses |
| Mars | God of War; altar on Campus Martius |
| triclinium | special couch and dining room in Roman house |
| puls | wheat porridge eaten by poorer Romans |
| prima mensa | first course of a meal or entree |
| gustatio | appetizer course |
| garum | fish sauce beloved by Romans |
| secunda mensa | second course or dessert |
| toga | worn by Roman male citizens |
| tunica | basic undershirt/dress worn by all Romans |
| stola | overdress worn by Roman women |
| palla | long shawl/scarf worn by Roman women |
| toga praetexta | toga worn by Roman senators with stripes around the edge |
| bulla | necklace worn by Roman children to ward off evil |
