NLE culture

What are the seven hills of Rome?

Aventine, Esquiline, Caelian, Capitoline, Palatine, Quirinal, Viminal

What river flows through Rome?

Flumen Tiberis (Tiber River)

What is the Forum Romanum?

The business center located between the Capitoline and Palatine hills.

What is the Via Sacra?

A 'sacred road' that runs through the Forum, allowing only pedestrians.

What is the significance of the Via Appia?

It is the most important road in ancient Rome, known as the 'Queen of Roads'.

What does 'Mare Nostrum' refer to?

It is what the Romans called the Mediterranean Sea.

In which geographical area was Rome located?

Latium, which gives us the term 'Latin'.

What are the two major mountain ranges in Italy?

The Alps (northern border) and the Apenines (running along the length of Italy).

What was Ostia?

Rome's first seaport, located off the Tiber on the western shore of Italy.

Where is Brundisium located?

A seaport on the eastern shore of Italy, the endpoint of the Via Appia.

What regions did Germania, Hispania, and Brittania represent?

Germany, Spain, and Britain, respectively.

What was a toga in Roman culture?

A garment worn only by male Roman citizens.

What is a tunica?

An undergarment or shirt worn by slaves and men underneath a toga.

What does stola refer to?

A dress worn by women in Roman culture.

What is a palla?

A shawl for women, worn over the stola.

What are soleae and caligae?

Soleae are sandals and caligae are boots worn in ancient Rome.

What are calceī?

Shoes worn in ancient Rome.

sunt

they aree

erant

they were

fuerunt

they ahve been

erunt

they will be

NOMINATIVE IS

subject

genitive is

of

accusative is

objecta

ablative is

with by from

dative is

to for

nominative endings

a, us, um

ae, i, a, us, es

genitive endings

ae, us, ie, is

arum, um, erum

accusative endings

am, um, em,

as, os, a

ablative endings

a, o, e, u

is, ibus, us

dative endings

ae, o, i, ui

is, ibus, ebus