| A | B |
|---|
| Thracian | short sword, small shield |
| Retiarius | net and trident |
| ludi | gladitorial schools |
| lanista | trainer, manager of gladiatorial school |
| Capua | city where Spartacus trained as gladiator |
| Thrace | place where Spartacus was from |
| Morituri te salutant | Those who are about to die, salute you |
| 73-71 BC | years of Spartacus' revolt |
| M. Licinius Crassus | general who defeated Spartacus |
| crucifixion | punishment |
| gladius | sword |
| slaves | people who were gladiators |
| Rome | founded in 753 bc |
| Tiber | river on which Rome was founded |
| Tyre | founded by Phoenicians, purple dye |
| Carthage | N. African city, Punic War |
| Syracuse | Greek city on Sicily, famous for artwork |
| Sicily | first province outside of Italy |
| Troy | city in Asia Minor - 10 year war with Greece |
| Athens | center of learning in Greece |
| Alexandria | city of learning in Egypt, libraries |
| Constantinople | capital of Eastern Roman Empire |
| 1453 | year Eastern Roman Empire fell |
| 476 | year Western Roman Empire fell |
| Ostia | seaport city of Rome |
| Pompeii | city destroyed by Vesuvius |
| Brundisium | southern terminus of Via Appia |
| 117 AD | Roman Empire at greatest extent |
| Trajan | emperor when Empire reached largest point |
| Punic | 3 Wars fought between Rome and Carthage |
| gladiator | one who fights with a sword |
| Dacia | modern day Romania |
| rudis | wooden sword - freedom for gladiator |
