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NLE preparation
Georgraphy
13
Language - Latin
8th Grade
03/04/2007

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Term
Adriatic
Definition
Sea east of Italy
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Aetna
Definition
Live volcano on the island of Sicily (Sicilia)
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Alps
Definition
Mountain range dividing France (Gallia-Transalpina) from Northern Italy (Gallia Cisalpina)
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Athens
Definition
Cultural capital of ancient Greece (Graecia), location of the Acropolis and Athena's Partheon
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Apenninines
Definition
Mountain range forming the spine of the Italian peninsula (Italia)
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Brundisium
Definition
Town which makred the southern end of the Appian Way on the heel of Italy
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Capua
Definition
Town south of Rome famous of its amphitheater and gladiator training school.
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Corsica
Definition
Northern most large island in the Tyrrhenian Sea west of Italy
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Crete
Definition
Island (Creta) located south of Greence. Its capital knossos was home to the Minataur
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Delos
Definition
Aegean Island on which Apollo and Diana were born near Mt. Cynthus
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Delphi
Definition
Sanctuary sacret to Apollo in northern Greece, home of the Delphic oacle
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Heculaemum
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Town located west of Mt. Vesuvius, burred by volcanic mud in AD 79.
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Mare Nostrum
Definition
Roman name for the Mediterranean Sea
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