| A | B |
|---|
| dog throw | worst throw (four ones) in a game of dice |
| Venus throw | best throw in dice (all sides different) |
| knucklebones | animal knuckles used as dice with four sides |
| trigon | ball game played by children |
| balneae; thermae | public baths |
| palaestra | exercise area in baths |
| strigil | scraper to remove dirt and oil from skin |
| caldarium | hot bath |
| frigidarium | cold bath |
| hypocaustum | furnace under the floor of bathhouse |
| tourism | trips to Greece and Egypt |
| ludi | games |
| ludi circenses | chariot races |
| Circus Maximus | venue for chariot and horse races |
| spina | long barrier in middle of Cricus Maximus track |
| metae | turning posts in Circus Maximus |
| Colosseum (Flavian amphitheatre) | venue for gladiatorial combats |
| 55,000 | seating capacity of the Colosseum |
| Spartacus | escaped from gladiatorial school; led revolt |
| pollice verso | "thumb turned (up)" means death |
| Via Appia | road from Rome to Brundisium |
| Brundisium | place to sail to Greece |
| Appius Claudius Caecus | designed the Via Appia and aqueduct |
| mille passus | 1000 paces=one Roman mile |
| hodometer | measured distance |
| hora | an hour |
| ab urbe condita | from the founding of the city--determined the year by counting backwards inclusively from 753 |
