Ancient Rome
Constructed in 312 B.C. this major Roman road originally ran 132 miles from Rome to Capua in Campania
Appian Way
Latin for father of the family he was the oldest living male of the family & had total control of his household
Paterfamilias
A 19th century historian wrongly thought the emperor Severus built this divider
Hadrian's wall
In the first Punic War Rome conquered this island to the south making it the first Roman province
Sicily
In 390 B.C. an army of this Celtic group had the distinction of being the first group to sack Rome
The Gauls
Ostia, a town lying 15 miles from Rome on the mouth of this river, served as Rome's port
Tiber
With a population of more than a half million this Egyptian seaport was the second-largest city in the empire
Alexandria
A quarter of a million people crowded into this largest hippodrome to watch the chariot races
Circus Maximus
The last emperor of Rome who was overthrown in 476 shared his name with this legendary founder of the city
In 330 A.D. the capital of the Roman Empire moved from Rome to this city much farther east
Byzantium