1. Ancient Rome notes

2. Location, Location, Location! Geography Mountains Seas Italy is a peninsula, shaped like a boot Centrally located in region – great location Provided a natural barrier Alps Apennines Mediterranean Adriatic Tyrrhenian

3. Rome Begins! – built on 7 hills for protection Aeneas Romulus and Remus Tiber River Fled from Troy Story told in THE AENEID by Virgil (epic poem) Twin boys who were raised by a wolf Rome is named after Romulus Became the center of the land trade routes all roads lead to Rome