Places Test#1 Flashcards
TIber
River going through Rome at the shin of the boot
Alba Longa
An ancient city of Latium in central Italy
Etruria
A region of Central Italy
Located in an area that covered part of what now are Tuscany, Lazio and Umbria
Latium
Is the region of central western Italy in which city of Rome was founded and grew to be the capital city of the Roman Empire
The shin of the boot
Messana
N-E corner of Sicily
Palatine
One of the Seven Hills of Rome
Aventine
One of the Seven Hills of Rome
Capitoline
One of the Seven Hills of Rome
Quirinal
One of the Seven Hills of Rome
Viminal
One of the Seven Hills of Rome
Esquiline
One of the Seven Hills of Rome
Caelian
One of the Seven Hills of Rome
Transalpine Gaul
France
Cisalpine Gaul
Northern Italy
Gallic
Wars between them and Rome
Brits
Senones
Defeat Rome at the battle of Allia (River)
Chief says “Vae Victis” after the Romans complain for having to hand over lots of gold for their loss (basically too bad)
Servian Wall
Wall around the city built in 378 BC
Built by King Servias
Via Appia
Romes 1st road South from Rome to Capua
Via Valeria
North East to Corfinium
Aqua Appia
Rome’s 1st Aqueduct
Tarentum
Greek city that first tried to diplomatically deal with the Romans