Geography
Peninsula where Rome is located
Italian or Apennine
Zeus
Jupiter
Upper class
Patricians
Most powerful part of government
Senate
Myth about the brothers who founded Rome
Romulus and Remus
Sea to the right of the Italian Peninsula
Adriatic Sea
Hera
Juno
Lower/middle class
Plebeians
less powerful part of the government
Plebeian/Citizens/Peoples Assembly
number of hills that Rome was built on
7
Mountains to the north of Italy
Alps
Athena
Minerva
Head of the Roman family
father, pater
Two presidents elected every year to rule Rome
Consuls
Mythical founder of Rome who survived the Trojan War
Aeneas
River that ran through Rome
Tiber River
Apollo
Apollo
Considered part of the Roman family/household
slaves
Elected by the plebeians to protect themselves
Tribunes
Italy is shaped like a
boot
plain where the earliest settlers lived
Latium
Artemis
Diana
Lowest part of society, not citizens
slaves
Two groups that did not have rights
slaves and women
People who were the ancestors of the Romans
Etruscans or Latins