| A | B |
|---|
| April 21, 753 BCE | traditional date for founding of Rome |
| Seven Hills | Palatine, Capitoline, Viminal, Esquiline, Caelian, Aventine, Quirinal |
| Ostia | Rome's seaport |
| "Carthago delenda est" | "Carthage must be destroyed" (Cato the Elder) |
| legendary survivor of Troy | Aeneas |
| son of Aeneas | Iulus/Ascanius |
| city founded by Aeneas in Italy | Lavinium |
| last king of Rome in period of Monarchy | Tarquin the Proud |
| Monarchy | 753-509 BCE; rule by individual kings |
| Republic | 509-27 BCE; leaders elected by vote |
| Empire | 27BCE-476CE; rule by a single emperor |
| consuls | highest elected officials during the Republic; two per one-year term |
| wedding of Peleus and Thetis | source of Judgement of Paris |
| Judgement of Paris | beauty contest between Minerva (Athena), Venus (Aphrodite), and Juno (Hera) that caused Trojan War |
| Trojan War | Greeks laid siege to Troy for ten years |
| Aeneas | survivor of Troy; led refugees to Italy |
| Lavinium | city founded by Aeneas, which he for three years |
| Alba Longa | city founded by Iulus/Ascanius, which he ruled for 30 years; then ruled by kings for 300 years |
| Romulus | founder of Rome in 753BCE |
| Punic Wars | fought between Rome and Carthage; Rome won |
