Ancient Rome Geography and Timeline

Flashcards covering the dates of Roman wars, geographical features, regional tribes, and major cities as mentioned in the lecture transcript.

Rome

The city and central power represented on the map, associated with the Tiber river.

Carthage

A major city-state in North Africa and a key entity listed alongside Rome.

$$338$$

The date marking the period after the Latin war.

$$298$$

The year signifying the start of the 3rd Samnite war.

$$290$$

The year signifying the end of the 3rd Samnite war.

$$272$$

The date marking the end of the Pyrrhic war.

$$264$$

The year signifying the start of the 1st Punic war.

$$218$$

The year signifying the start of the 2nd Punic war.

Appenes

A mountain range identified as feature number 4 on the map.

Alps

A mountain range identified as feature number 5 on the map.

Adriatic

A sea identified as feature number 6 on the map, located to the east of Italy.

Tyrrhenian

A sea identified as feature number 7 on the map, located to the west of Italy.

Meddieteranian

A sea identified as feature number 8 on the map surrounding the regional landmasses.

Tiber

The river identified as feature number 9 on the map.

Samnites

A group of people whose conflict with Rome defined wars starting in $298$ and ending in $290$.

Sicily

A region identified as number 3 on the map, containing cities like Syracuse and Messana.

Corsica

A region identified as number 1 on the map.

Sardinia

A region identified as number 2 on the map.

Helvetii

One of the tribes or groups listed in the northern territory of the map.

Gual

A major region identified in the notes alongside Britain and Spain.

Alexandria

A major city located in the region of Egypt.

Asia Minor

A major region listed on page 3 of the transcript near Greece.

Boit

A tribal group listed in the northern Italian peninsula area near Mutina.

Brundisium

A city located on the southeastern coast of the Italian peninsula.

Messana

An ancient city located in Sicily.