Invidia/Nemesis, God of envy and vengeance
Insulae, Roman multi-storey apartment buildings
Isca Augusta, Roman legionary base at Caerleon in southern Wales
Isca Dumnoniorum, Exeter, England
Janus, God of boundaries
Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Patron god of Rome
Kaftan, Parthian dress, a long traditional outer garment
Kostolac, City in Serbia
Keffiyeh, Traditional Arabic headdress
Kushan Empire, Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts of India
Lares, Roman guardian deities
Iazyges, Barbarian tribe, roughly in modern Hungary
Legate, Roman officer in command of a Legion
Liburnian, A small Roman ship
Limes, Frontier zone of the Roman Empire
Londinium, London, UK
Lower Pannonia, Roman province in and around Hungary/Serbia and Croatia
Ludus, School
Lugii, Vandals, barbarian tribe in central Europe
Luguvalium, Carlisle, UK
Magusanus, Batavian deity
Mars, Roman god of war
Marcomanni, Barbarian tribe whom lived north of the Danube in modern day Austria
Mardi, Armenian tribe that lived around lake Van
Massalia, Marseille, France
Mausoleum of Augustus, Mausoleum of Augustus in Rome
Mesopotamia, modern Iraq
Mithras, god of a mystery religion in Parthia
Middle Sea, Mediterranean Sea
Minerva, Roman goddess of wisdom and commerce
Mogontiacum, Mainz, Germany
Mons Graupius, Roman/Scottish battlefield in Scotland
Mosul, Mosul northern Iraq
Munifex, Private non-specialist Roman legionary
Neptune, God of the oceans and seas
Nero, Roman emperor 54-68 AD
Nike, Greek god of victory
Nisibis, Known now as Nusaybin in south-eastern Turkey
Noviomagus Batavorum, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Noviomagus Reginorum, Chichester, UK.
Numerii, Germanic irregular soldiers allied to Rome
Numidians, one of the Berber tribes of northern Africa
Nymphaeum, monument consecrated to the water nymphs
O group meeting, Modern British army slang for group meeting of officers
Onagers, Heavy Roman artillery catapults
Oppidum, tribal capital city
Optio, Roman army officer, second in command of a Company
Ostia, Original seaport of Rome
Osrhoene, a Roman client kingdom around Edessa
Palatine Hill, one of the seven hills of Rome. The Imperial palace there
Palmyra, Palmyra in Syria, ancient city partially destroyed by IS
Panathenaea, Ancient Greek festival in honour of Athena
Parthamaspates, Puppet ruler of Mesopotamia installed by Trajan
Parthian Empire, Iraq, Iran and parts of Saudi, Syria and central Asia
Parthenon, The temple of Athena on top of the Acropolis in Athens
Peplos dress, traditional dress presented to the goddess Athena
Peristyle, open space surrounded by vertical columns
Petra, Petra, Jordan
Pilum/pila, Roman legionary spear(s)
Pistorum, college of bakers
Porolissum, Settlement in northern Dacia/Romania
Portus Augusti, The new seaport of ancient Rome
Portus Tiberinus, Rome’s Tiber river port
Praefecti Aeranii Saturni, Rome’s finance ministers
Praetorium Agrippina, Roman fort in the delta, The Netherlands
Prefect, Roman officer in command of an auxiliary cohort or civil magistrate
Praetorian Guard, Emperor’s personal guard units
Principia, HQ building in a Roman army camp/fortress
Propylaia, ancient monumental entrance gate into the Acropolis
Proscription list, a death list
Pugio, Roman army dagger
Quadi, Germanic tribe living along the Danube
Resafa II, Fictitious Roman fort near Sergiopolis
Rosia Montana, Ancient gold and silver mining district in Romania/Dacia
Roxolani, Barbarian tribe in eastern Romania
Rutipiae, Richborough, Kent, UK
Sacred Way, Important road in the ancient city of Rome
Satala, east of Sadak in Turkey on the ancient border with Armenia
Sarmatians, Barbarian allies of the Dacians
Sarmatian cataphracts, Heavily armoured Sarmatian cavalry
Sarmisegetusa Regia, Capital city of ancient Dacia
Saturn, God of wealth
Saturnalia, Roman festival in late December
Scythians, Barbarian tribes, modern Ukraine and Russia
Seleucia, city just west of Ctesiphon
Singidunum, Belgrade
Sirmium, The ancient city of Sirmium on the Danube
Singara, modern Sinjar in northern Iraq
Speculatores - law enforcers on a governor’s staff
SPQR, Senate and People of Rome
Stola, Woman’s cloak
Stoas, covered walkways
Styx river, Mythical river of the underworld
Stylus, Roman pen
Subura, Slum neighbourhood in central Rome
Sura, ancient city on the Euphrates river in Northern Syria, west of Raqqa and north of Resafa
Tapae, Dacian fort at the entrance to the iron gates pass
Tara, Seat of the High King of Hibernia, north-west of Dublin, Ireland
Tesserarius, Roman army watch/guard officer, third in line of company command
Tessera tile, A small stone carried by the Tesserarius on which the daily password was written down
Testudo formation, Roman army formation, covered by shields, and tactic
Tibiscum, Fort in Dacia
Tigris, major river in Iraq
Tribune (military), A senior Roman army officer
Tribune Laticlavius, second in command of a legion
Trireme, A fast agile galley with three banks of oars
Tubula, trumpet
Turmae, squadron
Tutela, the duties of guardianship
Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Urban cohorts, A kind of anti-riot police force in ancient Rome
Island of Vectis, Isle of Wight, UK
Velarium, Retractable canvas roof over the Roman colosseum
Velum, Parched animal skin used as writing paper
Vestal Virgins, Female priestesses of ancient Rome
Vespasian, Roman Emperor 69-79 AD
Vexillatio(n), Temporary Roman army detachment
Viminacium, Roman town on the Danube in modern Serbia
Viriconium, Wroxeter, England
Via Traiana Nova, Roman road between Bostra and the red sea port of Aila (Aqaba)
Zeugma, Roman city located on the Euphrates in Gaziantep province, Turkey