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ELE 1
History/Geography
19
Language - Latin
03/13/2010
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Term
Rome's River
 Definition
Tiber River
Term
Rome's first hill
 Definition
Palatine
Term
meeting place for Romans
 Definition
Forum
Term
Rome's birthday
 Definition

 April 21, 753 B.C.

 

 
Term

Rome's founder

& first king

 Definition
Romulus
Term
Rome's most famous general
 Definition
Julius Caesar
Term

What significant event occurred on

 

March 15, 44 B.C.?

 

(Ides of March)

 Definition
Julius Caesar was murdered.
Term
Rome's first emperor
 Definition
Augustus
Term

volcano which destroyed Pompeii

in 79 A.D.

 Definition
Mt. Vesuvius
Term
What country is Hispania?
 Definition
Spain
Term
What country is Gallia?
 Definition
France
Term
What country is Aegyptus?
 Definition
Egypt
Term
What country is Germania?
 Definition
Germany
Term
What country is Graecia?
 Definition
Greece
Term
What is 'Mare Euxinum'?
 Definition
Black Sea
Term
What is 'Mare Nostrum'?
 Definition
Mediterranean Sea
Term
Where is Carthago?
 Definition
In Africa
Term

During the Republic, Rome occupied _____ hills

within the city wall.

 Definition
seven
Term

Mt. Vesuvius erupted and buried

Pompeii and Herculaneum in A.D. LXXIX.

 

a. 39   b. 61   c. 79   d. 81

 Definition
c. 79