| A | B |
| river in northern Italy | Rubicon |
| province where Rome is located | Latium |
| the "middle" sea | Mediterranean |
| Rome's seaport | Ostia |
| center of the empire | Rome |
| province where Pompeii is located | Campania |
| volcano on Sicily | Etna |
| sea to the east of Italy | Adriatic |
| province just north of the Tiber | Etruria |
| mountains along Italy's spine | Appenines |
| city in northern Africa | Carthage |
| province in the north of Italy | Gaul |
| sea to the west of Italy | Tyrrhenian |
| province to the east of Italy | Illyricum |
| seaport to Greece on Italy's east coast | Brundisium |
| island southwest of Italy | Sicily |
| town covered by volcanic ash | Pompeii |
| mountains in northern Italy | Alps |
| continent to the south of Italy | Africa |
| island just south of Corsica | Sardinia |
| city at the east end of the Appian Way | Capua |
| river on Rome's northern side | Tiber |
| island due west of Rome | Corsica |
| city near Pompeii | Herculaneum |
| volcano near Pompeii | Vesuvius |
| road from Rome to Capua | Appian Way |