Virgil Geographical and Historical References Flashcards
Alba Longa
The city which will be founded by Aeneas’ son Ascanius
South East of modern Rome
Argos
Greek city which houses temple to Juno
In the Eastern Peloponnese
Carthage
Dido’s new city she is building on the North coast of Africa
Modern day Tunisia
Hebrus
A Greek river in Thrace (Northern Greece)
Illyria
Area in the Balkans conquered by the Romans
North East of Greece, roughly where Croatia is today
Italy
The country Aeneas is journeying to, in which he will found a new city for the Trojans
East from Greece and Troy
Latium
The kingdom in Italy which Aeneas will eventually conquer
South East of modern day Rome
Lavinium
The name which Aeneas’ city will have in Italy, named after his new wife Lavinia
South East of modern Rome
Liburnia
Homeland of the Liburnian people
Modern day Croatia
Libya
Country in North Africa in which Carthage is being built
Originally referred to the whole of North Africa
Mycenae
Menelaus’ homeland
A city in the Eastern Peloponnese
Padua
Place where Antenor settled
Close to modern day Venice in North East Italy
Virgil’s birthplace
Paphos
Venus’ home in western Cyprus
An island in the Mediterranean east of Greece
Pergamum
Alternative name for Troy
Phoenicia
The region of the Middle East which covers modern Syria and Lebanon
Phrygia
Region of Turkey East of Troy
Phthia
Achilles’ homeland
In a province of North Eastern Greece called Thessaly
Rome
City founded by Romulus
On the Western coast of Central Italy
Samos
City sacred to Juno
A Greek island in the Eastern Aegean Sea, separated from Turkey by the mile-wide Mycale Strait
Siculus
Sicilian (from Sicily)
Sicily is an island at the South West tip of Italy, North of Carthage
Sparta
A major Greek city famous for warriors
In the Southern Peloponnese
Thrace
A region of Greece covering modern day Greece, Southern Bulgaria and Western Turkey
Tiber
A river in Central Italy running through Rome