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| Author | Isabel Meltzer |
| Appian Way | the first and most famous of the ancient Roman roads |
| Aventine | southernmost of the seven hills of Rome, rises from the banks of the Tiber River |
| basilica | site for legal matters to be carried out and a place for business transactions |
| Campus Martius | Originally used primarily as a military exercise ground, later became covered with large public buildings |
| Capitoline | most important of the seven hills of Ancient Rome; location of the temple of Jupiter |
| Circus Maximus | a chariot racetrack in Rome first constructed in the 6th century BCE |
| Colosseum | largest amphitheatre built during the Roman Empire |
| Curia | Roman senate house |
| Esquiline | one the seven hills of Rome, appears as a plateau with three small peaks |
| Flaminian Way | Roman road leading from Rome over the Apennine Mountains to Ariminum |
| Forum | scene of public meetings, law courts, and gladiatorial combats, and was lined with shops and open-air markets |
| Ostia | served as Rome's principal port and harbour |
| Palatine | the city of Rome was founded on this hill; location of imperial palace |
| Pantheon | a circular building of concrete, with a concrete dome rising from the walls and a front porch of Corinthian columns |
| Quirinal | northernmost of all the Seven Hills of Rome |
| Rostra | the platform from which orators spoke to the assembled people |
| Sacred Way | most important road of central Rome; where triumphs were held |
| Tarpeian Rock | a place of execution of ancient origin reserved for murderers and traitors |
| Temple of Aescuplius | may have been built on the Tiber Island in memory of the ancient temple of the god of medicine |
| Temple of Saturn | temple located in the north west corner of the Roman Forum |
| thermae | complex of rooms designed for public bathing |
| Tiber | The most important river in central Italy; most of Rome is east to it |
| Viminal | smallest hill in rome |
