| A | B |
|---|
| Roma | Rome |
| Italia | Italy |
| Graecia | Greece (between Italy and Asia) |
| Britannia | England (northernmost province) |
| Hispania | Spain (westernmost province) |
| Mare Nostrum | "our sea" the Mediterranean Sea |
| Tiber | river that flows through Rome |
| Gallia | Gaul, France (north-west of Italy) |
| Germania | Germany (northeast) |
| Asia (minor) | includes Turkey, eastern part of empire |
| Africa | southernmost province |
| Aegyptus | eastern side of North Africa, Egypt |
| Carthage | city in N. Africa, fought the Punic wars against the Romans |
| Sicily | large island kicked by Italy's "boot" |
| Athens | capital of Greece |
| Corsica, Sardinia | other islands near Italy |
| Vesuvius | volcano near Naples |
| Stabiae, Pompeii, Herculaneum | cities destroyed by eruption of Mt. Vesuvius |
| Etna | volcano on Sicily |
| Alps | mountain range in northern Italy |
| Apennines | mountain range that forms the "backbone" of Italy |
| Tyrrhenian sea | borders Italy on the west |
| Adriatic sea | borders Italy on the east |
| Ostia | the port city of Rome |
| Monarchy | 1st period of Roman history |
| Republic | 2nd period of Roman history |
| Empire | 3rd and last period of Roman history |
| kings | ruled during the monarchy |
| consuls | ruled during the republic |
| emperors | ruled during the empire |
| Aeneas | trojan hero who settled in Italy |
| Romulus | first king of Rome |
| Remus | killed by his twin brother Romulus |
| Rhea Silvia | mother of Romulus and Remus |
| Mars | father of Romulus and Remus |
| SEVEN | number of kings and hills in the city of Rome |
| Horatius Cocles | defended a bridge against the Etruscans; swam across the Tiber back to Rome |
| Cincinnatus | was appointed dictator and when the crisis ended, he gave back power and returned to farming |
| Cloelia | was taken hostage and escaped across the Tiber |
| Mucius Scaevola | burned his hand to show the enemy that Romans were willing to die to kill the king |
| Ides of March | Julius Caesar killed |
| Punic | Name of wars between Rome and Carthage |
| Trojan | war won by the Greeks |
