| A | B |
| Romulus and Remus | Legendary founders of Rome |
| Etruscans | Neighboring tribe who conquered the Romans |
| Tarquin the Proud | Last Etruscan king of Rome |
| Fear and greed | Two motives for Roman expansion |
| Tribunes | Roman officials with the strongest veto power |
| Carthage | Roman enemy during the Punic Wars |
| Tiberius Gracchus | Roman tribune who wanted to give land to the poor of Rome |
| Jugurtha of Numidia | African king who bribed Roman generals |
| Triumph | A parade celebrating a military victory |
| Cato the Younger | Roman Senator who opposed the First Triumvirate |
| Pompey, Crassus, Julius Caesar | Members of the First Triumvirate |
| Marius | Roman Consul who defeated Numidia |
| Pompey and Julius Caesar | Leaders of the two sides in the Roman Civil War |
| Land | Standard "payment" for serving in a Roman private army |
| Battle of Philippi | Battle where the Second Triumvirate defeated the assassins of J. Caesar |
| Gaul | Area that is now France; J. Caesar was once governor of this area |
| Octavian Caesar, Lepidus, Marc Antony | Members of the Second Triumvirate |
| Tribunal power | Gave Augustus unlimted veto power |
| Proconsular power | Gave Augustus control of the armies of Rome |
| Cleopatra | Queen of Egypt |