LATIN I "THE ETERNAL CITY" p.76-77

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Read the selection on p.76-77. Then answer the questions below on your own paper. Be sure to answer each question completely.

L In what year was Rome founded?

2. What was the name of the hill on which it was founded? For whom was this hill named?

3. Rome was known as "The City of " what?

4. What was the FORUM ROMANUM? Give a complete description.

5. What was the ROSTRA?

6. Why did the Palatine Hill become the residential district for the wealthy?

7. How did the Capitoline Hill get its name?

8. From where do we get our word "money" and why?

9. Where was the Circus Maximus located? What took place there?

10. For what was the Campus Martius used?

1 l. Describe the streets of Rome.

12. From where did Romans get their water?

13. Who built the first aqueduct to bring water to Rome? When was it built? How long was it?

14. How many aqueducts were eventually built to service Rome?

15. Who divided the city into 14 wards? Why?

16. Why was the Servian Wall built? Who built a second wall around Rome?

17. What was the population of ANCIENT Rome at its height? What is the population of Modern Rome?

18. List the reasons why Rome was, and is, an important city. (Give at least three.)

19. By what ancient nickname is Rome still called?

20. What river runs through the city of Rome? What is its shape?