| A | B |
| Atlas | Titan who held up the sky |
| Jocasta | mother/wife of Oedipus |
| Odysseus | sacker of Troy King of Ithica |
| Lares and Penates | Household gods |
| Lares | deified spirits of ancestors |
| Penates | gods of storeroom |
| draconian | very harsh |
| Draco | wrote 1st Athenian law code |
| Gladiators | first used by the Etruscans |
| Nos morituri te salutamus | We who are about to die salute you |
| Thermae | Bath houses |
| apodyterium | changing room |
| frigidarium | cold pool |
| tepidarium | warm pool |
| caladarium | hot pool sauna |
| Roman Forum | political, religious, and economic center |
| Patricans | wealthy Romans |
| Plebians | poor Romans |
| 12 tablets | first written code of Roman Law |
| Panathenaic Vases | prize for Athletic competition |