Ancient Geography Flashcards
Give the ancient name for Greece
Achaea
Give the ancient name for York
Eboracum
Give the ancient name for Izmit
Nicomedia
Give the ancient name for Marseille
Massilia
Give the ancient name for the North Sea
Oceanus Germanicus
Give the ancient name for the Black Sea
Pontus Euxinus
Give the ancient name for Belgrade
Singidunum
Give the ancient name for Thames
Tamesis
Give the ancient name for Homs
Emesa
Give the ancient name for Padua
Patavium
The towns of Placentia, Bononia, and Ariminum were located on what road?
Via Aemilia
On what road was Tarentum located?
Via Appia
On what road was Capua located?
Via Appia
On what road was Beneventum located?
Via Appia
Why was it important that the Via Appia eventually extend to Brundisium?
it was the embarkation port to Greece
The road connecting London and York was:
Ermine Street
When did concrete piers faced with masonry replace large masonry blocks in the construction of Roman
bridges?
First Century B. C
The city of Rome ultimately had how many bridges crossing its river?
12
In Italy, milestones gave the distance:
to Rome
Who erected in Rome the column in the Forum giving the distance to major towns of the empire?
Augustus
The warehouse district in Rome was located just to the southwest of which hill?
Aventine
Hispania Ulterior and Hispania Citerior were later reorganized into Lusitania, Baetica and:
Tarraconensis
At which gate of Rome would you have seen the convergence of half a dozen aqueducts entering the city?
Praenestina
Name three major thermae in Rome
Diocletian’s, Trajan’s, Nero’s
Name three minor bath complexes in Rome
Titus’, Agrippa’s, Nero’s
Name three theaters or odeums in Rome
Marcellus, Balbus, Pompey
What gate had the Via Appia running through it?
Porta Capena
What gate had the Via Nomentana running through it?
Porta Collina
What gate had the Via Metrovia running through it?
Porta Caelimontana
There was a large oval bulge in the Aurelian Wall between the Porta Asinaria and the Porta Labicana. What
caused this?
the Amphitheatrum Flavium
Which bridge connected the Campus Martius with the Vatican Fields?
Pons Neronianus
Leaving the Forum Romanum by the Forum of Augustus, one entered what neighborhood?
Subura
A small stretch of the Argiletum was turned into what?
Forum Transitorium
What bridge would you have crossed to visit the Temple of Aesculapius?
Fabricius
The Clivus Argentarius connected the Forum with:
the Campus Martius
Most of Rome’s bridges connected it with
Transtiberim
To visit the Lacus Curtius, one went to:
the Forum Romanum
Located at the top of the Viminal Hill was:
Baths of Diocletian
clivus
street on a slope
crepido
pavement
umbo
stone curb
agger
causeway forming a road
angiportus
alley
pervium
. passage
limes
path, boundary
milliarum
milestone
Northern Italy
Gallia Cisalpina
Mediterranean Gaul
Gallia Narbonensis
Libya
Africa
Northeastern France
Gallia Comata
On what road was the Ustrinum of Augustus located?
Via Lata
On what road was the Ara Pacis located?
Via Lata
On what road was the Column of Marcus Aurelius located?
Via Lata
Which of these provinces was added during the life of Julius Caesar (100 B. C. to 44 B. C.) ?
Bithynia
Which of these was located within the Servian Wall?
Baths of Diocletian
Occupied by Rome in 102 B.C. in an effort to deal with pirates, formally became a province in 72 B. C.
Included Phrygia and Pisidia until these were returned to Asia
Cilicia
Originally reduced by Crassus in 29 B. C. , separated from Macedonia or Illyricum. Divided in two by
Domitian, and further by Diocletian. Important river border.
Moesia
Located in modern Italy, this region had been settled by Gauls before the Romans arrived. Bordered by the
Po and the Alps.
Gallia Transpadana
One of Trajan’s provincial additions, one of the few on the far side of the Danube, abandoned by Aurelian.
Dacia
Bordered by Pontus, Pamphylia, Asia, etc. but by no coast.
Galatia
Rome to Capua
south
Numidia to Africa
east
Crete to Cyrenaica
south
Achaea to Sicilia
west
Misenum to Cannae
east
Saguntum to Carthago Nova
south
Paestum to Brundisium
east
Athens to Ephesus
east
Corinth to Delphi
north
Halicarnassus to Rhodes
south
Which of these is not on a border of the Empire after the age of Trajan?
Asia
