A | B |
Italia | Italy |
Graecia | Greece |
Hispania | Spain |
Gallia | France, Belgium, Holland, part of Switzerland |
Britannia | island of Britain |
Helvetia | Switzerland |
Aegyptus | Egypt |
Syria | Syria |
Arabia | Arabia |
Illyricum | Yugoslavia, Albania |
Germania | Germany, east of the Rhine River and north of the Danube River |
Gallia Cisalpina | northern part of Italy to the Alps |
Gallia Transalpina | across the Alps from Italy, southeastern France, modern Provence |
Asia | Middle East |
Hibernia | Ireland |
Sardinia | Sardinia |
Creta | Crete |
Sicilia | Sicily |
Mare Superum (Mare Hadriaticum) | Adriatic Sea off the east coast of Italy |
Mare Inferum (Mare Tuscum) | Tyrrhenian sea on west coast of Italy |
Mare Nostrum | Mediterranean Sea (between Europe and Africa) |
Mare Aegaeum | Aegean Sea, between Greece and Asia Minor |
Mare Ioneum | Ionian Sea between Italy and Greece |
Roma | Rome, founded by Romulus, the first king |
Ostia | seaport town near Rome |
Brundisium | city in southern Italy, departure point for travelers to Greece |
Appenines | mountains (north-south)through central region of Italy |
Alps | mountains in north Italy |
Latium | district around Rome |
Tiberis | river in central Italy that runs through Rome |
Rubico | river in north Italy which Caesar crossed with his troops against Senate orders |
seven hills of Rome | Capitoline, Palatine, Aventine, Esquiline, Quirinal, Viminal, Caelian |