The Myth
Two brothers who founded Rome
Remus and Romulus
Early 700s BCE
Describing land almost entirely surrounded by water, Italy is an example
Peninsula
The lowest level of social order in Rome
Slaves
Jupiter
Mars, the God of War, was the father
Remus and Romulus
United amongst each other to form Rome
Small Villages
Described as "the spine of Italy" by geographers
The Alpenine Mountains
The upper classes of Roman Republic society
Patricians and Plebians
God of Love
Venus
The river Remus and Romulus were thrown into
The Tiber River
The Northern neighbours of the Romans
Etruscans
The Northmost river of Italy
The Po River
Group of ex-slaves who are now freed
Liberti
A belief in multiple gods or godesses
Polytheism
Died after jumping over his brother's wall
Remus
The Southern neighbours of the Romans
Greeks
The sea in which Italy is part of
Mediterranean
Those who could vote in the Roman Republic after the Order Wars of 400s BCE to 270s BCE
Patricians and Plebians
Adopted after the Greek and Etruscan pantheon
Roman Gods
Named after himself, Romulus
Rome
Took control of Rome and became a kingdom, until the Romans they were fed up with them and became a Republic
The Etruscans
River crossed by Julius
Rubicon
The ethnicity of most tutors of Roman children in the Republic
Greek
Goddess of the Hunt
Diana