| A | B |
|---|
| soothsayer | people who are believed to tell the future |
| omens | signs believed to indicate the future |
| catacombs | undergound cemetaries |
| Forum | Roman public square/meeting place |
| fasces | rods tied around an ax |
| mundus | meeting point of worlds of living and the dead for Romans |
| Romulus and Remus | legend founding of Rome is based on |
| republic | government in which citizens choose their leader |
| patricians | powerful upper-class citizens of ancient Rome |
| plebeians | poor and lower class citizens of ancient Rome |
| consuls | heads of ancient Roman Republic |
| legionaries | Roman soldiers |
| dictator | absolute ruler of a state |
| triumvirate | group of three people who rule with equal power |
| emperor | ruler of an empire |
| census | population count |
| tariffs | taxes placed on goods entering one country from another |
| gladiators | fighters in a gaditorial game |
| triumph | parade to welcome home Roman hero |
| gladitorial games | Roman games in which gladiators fought |
| municipal | relating to a city |
| necropolis | Etruscan cemetary |
| legions | divisions of Roman soldiers |
| social order | social divisions accordinbg to wealth and other factors |
