jcl ancient geo combined

What was the Cloaca Maxima used for the city of Rome

Sewer

What field lay between the Quirinal and the Tiber

Campus Maxima

Which forum was on the Capitoline

Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus

On which bridge did Horatius Cocles make his heroic stand against the Etruscans

Pons Sublicius

If a republican roman traveled from the city of Brundisium to Rome, which gate would they enter first

Portia Appia

Which Roman hill contained the Arx or citadel

Capitoline

In which building was the treasury of Rome held

Temple of Saturn

Most Imperial residences in the city of Rome were located on which hill

Palatine

Which river runs through Rome

Tiber

What ancient city was known for its "Lion Gate"

Mycenae

What island in the southeastern Mediterranean was once thought to be the home of the goddess, Aphrodite

Cyprus

What city served as the port of Athens

Piraeus

Which sea did the Romans call "Mare Nostrum"

Mediterranean

Hadrian's wall is located on the northern region of this Roman province

Britannia Inferior

In which region of Ancient Greece was Athens located

Attica

The navy of Octavian defeated Cleopatra VII and Marcus Antonius in this battle:

Actium

The ancient city of Carthage was located in this modern country

Tunisia

In 216 BC Hannibal won his greatest victory at

Cannae

In 202 BC the Romans invaded North Africa, defeating Hannibal in the battle of

Zama

Roman name for London

Londinum

Choose the modern name below for Iudaea

Israel

Choose the modern name for Hierosolyma

Jerusalem

Choose the modern name for Liger Flumen

Loire

Choose the modern name for Constantinople

Istanbul

Choose the modern name for Helvetia

Switzerland

Choose the modern name for Heliopolis

Baalbeck

How far is Pompeii from Mt. Vesuvius

7 miles

Modern Tuscany is ancient

Etruria

What Sicilian Mountain was a center of worship for Vulcan

Aetna

What God was worshiped primarily on Tiber island

Aesculapius

Which is NOT depicted on the Parthenon

Theseus battling the Amazons

Into how many districts did Augustus divide Rome

14

Which forum was located on the banks of the TIber

Forum Boarium

Which forum contained the Temple of the divine Julius Caesar

Forum Romanium

In whose forum was the temple of Mars Ultor

Augustus

what was the name of the headquarters of the Pontifex Maximus, located just next to the temple of Vesta

Regia

On what hill was the temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus located

Capitoline

The circus maximus was located between the Palatine and which other hill

Aventine

Which temple was situated between the Colosseum and the forum Romanum

Venus and Rome

Neros Domus Aurea is now partially covered by what monument

Baths of Trajan

What is the modern name for the Roman city Vienna

Vienne

What is the modern name of the British town of Deva

Chester

Where was the city Italica

Spain

What do we call the Sinus Arabicus

The Red Sea

Where was Actium

south of Epirus

Where was Troy

northwest Turkey

The Gauls defeated the Romans at the Allia river in 390 BC. The Allia is a tributary of which river

Tiber

what did Republican and Imperial Rome call the Ager Tarquiniorum

Campus Martius

Which of Rome's seven hill is farthest south

Aventine

What direction are you going when you travel from Rome to Ostia

southwest

What direction are you going when you travel from Herculaneum to Pompeii

southeast

What direction are you going when you travel from Naples to Cumae

west

where are the cities of Iliapa, Numantia, Baecula, and Tarraco

Hispania

Which river flows past Cannae

Aufidus

In which province were the cities of Ilerda and Munda, where Julius Caesar fought and won battles against Pompey's supporters

Hispania

Daphne's father, the river Peneius, flows where in relation to Mt. Olmpus

south

What was the capital of Lesbos

Mytilene

Where is the section of Gaul known as Aquitania

south of the Garonne River

Where was Zela

southern pontus

What do we now call the British city of Eburacum

York

What direction would a traveler from Londinium to Aquae Sulis have to travel

west

what city was temporarily named Aelia Capitolina

Jerusalem

What province was Rome's primary source of tin

Britain

What province supplied Rome with most of its purple dye

Judaea

What do we call Rome's Circus Agonalis today

Piazza Navona

Which hill on Rome was crowned by the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus

Capitoline

Rome's Castra Praetoria was located beside which of Rome's gates

Porta Clausa

What monument lies across the Tiber from the Campus Martius via the Pons Aelius

Hadrian's tomb

Where was the Circus of Caligula and Nero

between the Janiculan and Vatican hills

Where are the the Aeolian Islands, the mythical home of the winds

north of Sicily

Where is the town of Formiae, where Cicero was murdered

about half way between Rome and Naples

Where is Pithecusae, the first Greek colony in Magna Graecia.

Sparta

Which city is NOT associated with Alexander the Great?

Syracuse

Before 265 B.C. Rome controlled all of Italy south of what point?

the Rubicon

Marius defeated the Cimbri at Vercellae in 101 B.C. Where in Vercellae?

in Cisalpine Gaul

What was the name of the main Roman highway from Italy east through Macedonia.

Via Egnatia

Which WAS in Galilee

Tiberias

From A..D. 284-205 what area of the Roman world was called Suburbicaria?

Italy south of Rome

Where is Nemausus, the home town of Antoninus Pius?

Provincia

Seneca the Elder, Seneca the Younger, and Lucan were all born in Corduba, a city in what province?

Hispania

One can still find remains of what structure betweeen the Firth of Clyde and the Firth of Forth?

Antonine Wall

Constantine defeated Maxentius in A.D. 312 at the Battle of the Mulvian Bridge, also called the Battle of Saxa Rubra. Where is that in relation to the City?

North

Which is the bridge in Rome which carried the Via Aurelia, the "Great Northern Highway"?

Pons Fabricius

Which of these is closest to Athens?

Eleusis

Which is farthest from the others?

Olympia

The Praenestine Gate (Porta Maggiore today) carried the Aqua Clauia and Anio Novus; it is:

South of Termini

This lies between the Palatine Hill and the Aventine Hill.

Circus Maximus

The Arno River flows through Florence and on toward this sea.

Tyrrhenian

This city on the Adriatic became the later Roman Empire capital; it's famous for its mosaics.

Ravenna

Which of these ancient Roman Structures is located in Germany?

Porta Nigra

Portugal was known to the Romans as

Lusitania

The City of Thebes was located in this Greek province.

Boeotia

Cyrenaica was located in

Northern Africa

This city was well situated on the Isthmus that connected Peloponnes to mainland Greece.

Corinth

Hadrian's Wall is located in the northern part of this country.

England

Alexander the Great was buried in his City of Alexandria, which is in

Egypt

The region of Lycia was located in this modern country.

Turkey

This river flows through Yugoslavia and Austria on its way to the Black Sea.

Danube

The ancient city of Carthage is located in this modern country.

Tunisia

How would a Roman find: the river Tamesis (aka Tamesa)

Britannia