| A | B |
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| Aeneas | Trojan leader and reputed ancestor of the Romans |
| Brutus | Rome's first consul |
| Cato the Elder | Roman censor |
| Cincinnatus | Roman farmer who was called to lead the Roman army, turned down a high position to return to his plow |
| Cornelia | Mother of the Gracchi Brothers |
| Decius Mus | Roman consul and general, sacrificed his life for Roman victory |
| Fabricius | Greek general, displayed integrity by turning down a bribe |
| Gracchi brothers (Gaius and Tiberius) | tribunes of the people, were slain by their opponents |
| Horatius | courageous Roman who defended a bridge to delay the Etruscans |
| Mucius Scaevola | Roman patriot, showed extreme physical endurace by thrusting his right hand into the fire prepared for his execution |
| Regulus | Roman general captured in the First Punic War, returned to his captors, as he said, even though it meant death |
| Remus | Twin brother of Romulus |
| Romulus | Legendary founder of Rome |
| Baucis and Philemon | an aged couple who entertained Jupiter and Mercury in disguise and were rewarded by the gods |
| Ceres and Proserpina | Pluto carried Ceres's daughter, Proserpina, into the underworld. It was arranged that she spend 1/3 of every year there |
| Hercules | great hero noted for his strength |
| Medusa | She could turn to stone anyone who looked at her |
| Midas | King of Phrygia renowned for his wealth. Everything he touched turned to gold |
| Orpheus and Eurydice | Orpheus was able to bring his wife back from Hades only to lose her when he gazed back |
| Perseus and Andromeda | Perseus slew a sea monster to save Andromeda and married her, later he killed Medusa |
| Pyramus and Thisbe | Famous lovers whose parents refused to give them consent to marry. Their young lives ended in tragic death |
| Theseus and the Minotaur | Theseus slew the Minotaur aided by Ariadne |
