Chapter 10 Ancient Rome
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12 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Romulus and remus | two twins who according to legend founded the city of Rome in 753 BC. According to legend, they were twin sons of the god Mars and a Latin princess. The twins were abandoned on the Tiber River as infants and raised by a she-wolf. The twins then decided to build a city near the spot. |
| Capital of the world | romulus and remes predicted that rome would become this |
| tiber | name of a river |
| Italie | the trigris river is on this Peninsula |
| meditranian | The name of a sea |
| western Europe and North Africa | there was a bridge between these two |
| western asia | This place also had a bridge between it and two ahtor places |
| latins | the early peoples of Italy first called themselves |
| romans | this is what they called them selves after latins |
| Etruscans | might have taught the Romans about farming and building |
| aqueducts | structures that carried water over long distances |
| Junius Brutus | was a roman leader |
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