Flashcards: Roman Geography
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on March 22, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Europe | Northern continent |
| Carthage | City west of Sicily; Rome's enemy in the Punic Wars |
| Pyrenees | Mountains between Spain and France |
| Alps | Mountains north of Italy |
| Sicily | Island southwest of Italy |
| Crete | Island southeast of Greece |
| Gaul | Roman name for France |
| Hispania | Roman name for Spain and westernmost extent of the Roman Empire |
| Etruria | Home of the Etruscans in northern Italy |
| Troy | Mythological Aegean city-state and enemy of the Mycenaean Greeks |
| Sparta | City-state on the Peloponnesian Penisula in southwestern Greece |
| Athens | Greek city-state northeast of Sparta |
| Aegean Sea | Body of water between Greece and Asia Minor |
| Balkans | Mountains north of Greece |
| Rome | City in central Italy on the Tiber River |
| Black Sea | Body of water north of Asia Minor |
| Turkey | Modern country in Asia Minor |
| Israel | Country northeast of Egypt |
| Egypt | Ancient country and civilization in the southeastern Mediterranean region on the continent of Africa |
| Middle East | Region to the east of the Mediterranean Sea |
| Constantinople | Capital of the Eastern Roman Empire near the Black Sea at the crossroads of Europe and Asia |
| Hadrian's Wall | Northernmost extent of the Roman Empire in England |
| Pillars of Hercules | Strait of Gibraltar; mountain peak on the Africa side and the Rock of Gibraltar on the Europe side |
| Red Sea | Body of water southeast of Egypt with Arabia to the east |
| Mediterranean Sea | Large body of water separating the continents of Europe and Africa |
| France | Modern country northeast of Spain and known to the Romans as "Gaul" |
| Spain | Modern country southwest of France and known to the Romans as "Hispania" |
| England | Northernmost province in the Roman Empire and known to the Romans as "Britannia" |
| Mysteryland | Libya (country west of Egypt) |
| Italy | Boot-shaped peninsula jutting south into the Mediterranean, and home to Rome and the ancient Romans |
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