| A | B |
| nobiles | descendants of old patrician and plebeian families |
| provinciae | territories governed by former magistrates |
| latifundia | large estates worked with slave labor |
| Horace | Said, " Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit" |
| Annales | recounted history of Rome in epic form |
| Origines | Roman history book |
| Hellenized Roman civilization | Greco-Roman |
| Bellum Punicum | epic poem telling story of First Punic War |
| Marcus Cato | said, "Carthago delenda est." |
| Lucius Memmius | conqueror of Greek city, Corinth |
| equestrian order | growing middle class |
| Macedonia | former Greek ally of Carthage |
| dominant power in state | Roman Senate |