Vocabulary 1
What does Senex mean?
What is Senator
A government ruled by its citizens.
What is a republic
Trojan prince who came to Italy after the fall of Troy
Who is Aeneas
What are the two major mountain ranges in Italy
The Alps and the Apennines
Ocean on the Eastern side of Italy
What is the Adriatic
Trade or buying and selling of goods between different places.
What is commerce
to free another person from slavery
What is manumit
Carthaginian general who led his troops across the French Alps
Who was Hannibal
How did geography influence Italy
What is trade, economy, and transportation
Ocean southwest but consider west of Italy
What is the Mediterranean
Settling something beyond any doubt
What is decisive
A person of noble birth; an aristocrat
What is a patrician
The title of a supreme general and supreme ruler of the Roman Empire
What is emperor
Major volcano found in Sicily
What is Mt Edna
What are the two major islands in Italy
What is Sardinia and Sicily
200 years of Roman peace
what is Pax Romana
Senatus Populusque Romanus
What is SPQR
The brothers whom legend says established the village from which Rome began.
Who were Romulus and Remus
Most famous volcano in Italy
What is Mt Vesuvius-
What are the two major rivers of Italy
What are the Po and Tiber
The marks of authority such as medals, badges, and crowns
What is an insignia
complete control or rule of another
what is domnination
Location of the first Punic War
What is Sicily
The number of Punic Wars
What is three
How did the third Punic War end
What is Italy burning Carthage to the ground and planting salt so no crops would ever grow