IHA Freshman Latin-Latin 7 Hills
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maggieroseh on November 7, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Palatine | named after Pales, goddess of the shepherds; first home of the Latins; wealthy eventually lived here |
| Capitoline | "caput"-head; Temple of Jupiter (like Zeus) |
| Aventine | plebeians-modern people; crime |
| Viminial | smallest hill |
| Caeline | home to wealthy in the Republican times |
| Quirinal | former home of the Sabines |
| Esquiline | largest |
| Forum Romanum | small valley at the bottom of the Capitoline and Palatine hills; became the meeting place for all Romans; public announcements made here, markets, triumphs, vendors, senate house, etc. |
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