Overview Flashcards
Via Appia
List = Appia- Popilia
When the Romans broke ground in 312 BC on the Appain Way, they wanted a faster route between Rome and Campania. It became the prototypical Roman road.
What does SPQR stand for ?
An acronym for the Latin translation of The Senate and the People of Rome. A proclamation of Roman democracy.
Via Salaria
List= Salaria - Aurelia
The ancient Salt Route, which facilitated trade of salt along the Tiber River, predates Rome.
Via Flaminia
List = Aemilia - Flaminia
This road cut through Umbrian territory to the coast, making the heart of the Peninsula accessible to Roman rule.
Via Aemilia
List = Aemilia- Flaminia, Aemilia - Scaura
The Emilian Way allowed the Romans to control the Po Valley. The major cities of Emilia Romagna, including Bologna formed along its path.
Via Aurelia
List = Solaria - Aurelia
This coastal road once ran from Rome to France. Today the road is Strada Statale 1.
Timorasso
Rich white from Piemonte
Frascati
Zesty white from Lazio, the region around Rome.
Verdicchio
Mineral-tinged white from the Marche.
Lacrima di Morro d’Alba
Le Marche
Pignolo
Friuli
Josko Gravner’s Ribolla Gialla
Aged underground in amphorae, terra cotta vessels used thousands of years ago for wine transport. A white wine that behaves like a red, slowly opening up and lingering on the palate.
Damiano Ciolli, in Olevano, Lazio
Replanted his family’s Cesanese vines, replacing the traditional pergola system with the lower yielding Frech guyot system. green harvesting. Wines like Silene have garnered great attention.
Cesanese
DOCG. Rare red grape of Lazio. Cesanese del Piglio. Hilltop hamlet of Piglio.
Soils are red and dark in color, and volcanic tufa stone is common in the Colli Albanian area.
Versatile, offering fine aromas of forest floor, mulberry, blueberry, violet, and juniper. Silky tannins.
