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Appian Way | road running from Rome to Southern Italy |
Aventine | One of the Seven Hills of Rome; Remus wanted Rome to be founded on this hill |
basilica | roman court of justice |
Campus Martius | practice area for soldiers and athletes |
Capitoline | One of the seven hills of ancient Rome; home to the temple of Jupiter |
Circus Maximus | ancient Roman chariot-racing stadium and mass entertainment venue |
Colosseum | amphitheater where wild beast hunts and gladiatorial games took place |
Curia | the building of the Roman Senate |
Forum | public area for commercial, religious, economic, political, legal, and social activities |
Ostia | roman port town that served as a naval base |
Palatine | the first of the Seven Hills of Rome; the city of Rome was founded on this hill |
Pantheon | temple dedicated to all the gods |
Quirinal | the northernmost of the Seven Hills of Rome |
Rostra | platform from which orators spoke to the assembled people |
Sacred Way | road from Athens to Eleusis |
Tarpeian Rock | steep cliff on the southern summit of the Capitoline Hill |
Temple of Aescuplius | temple built in 291 BC; located on Tiber Island |
Temple of Saturn | built in 497 BC; located in the Roman Forum; temple housed the public treasury |
thermae | public baths |
Tiber | river in central Italy; flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean |
Viminal | the smallest of the Seven Hills of Rome |