| A | B |
|---|
| Constantine | adopted Christianity |
| gladiators | professional fighters |
| patricians | powerful nobility |
| Hannibal | Carthaginian general |
| Scipio | Roman general |
| plebeians | common farmers, artisans, merchants |
| consuls | Roman officials who ruled instead of a king |
| dictator | ruler who had absolute power to make laws and command the army |
| Peter | bishops claim him to be first pope |
| Virgil | wrote Aeneid |
| aqueduct | used to bring water from the mountains |
| New Testament | contains writings about life and teachings of Jesus |
| Augustus Caesar | Rome's first emperor |
| inflation | drastic drop in the value of money coupled with rising prices |
