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Landmarks of Italy and the Mediterranean

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Aeneas fled this city when it was overrun by the Greeks and eventually made his way to Italy, Troy
After 42 BCE, these mountains marked the northern border of Italy, Alps
A monument in this port city on Italy's 'heel' marked the end of the Via Appia, Brundisium
When the city of Rome's needs outgrew this neighboring city's natural harbor, the Emperor Trajan built a new, hexagonal one, Ostia
This city was home to Plato, Socrates and the Parthenon, Athens
This North African city was home to Republican Rome's fiercest enemy, Hannibal, Carthage
The Romans believed this volcano on the island of Sicily lay over Vulcan's workshop, Mount Etna
The Romans used this Latin phrase to call the Mediterranean 'our sea', Mare Nostrum
The Greeks and Romans believed this mountain in Greece was home to the gods, Olympus
These mountains run the length of the Italian peninsula, Apennines
This volcano buried the cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiae in 79 CE, Vesuvius
This structure was built in the 2nd c. CE to mark the northern border of the province of Britannia, Hadrian's Wall
Thousands of inhabitants of this southern Italian city were killed in the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE., Pompeii
This island off the 'toe' of Italy was the focal point of the first war between Rome and Carthage., Sicily
This river flows from the Apennines Mountains through Rome and its port city, Ostia, to the sea., Tiber
The western end of the Mediterranean, which the Greeks and Romans believed was westward extent of Hercules's travels, Strait of Gibraltar


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