He shall impose laws on his own people. ... After restoring Numitor to the throne, the boys decided to found a city on one of the seven hills near where their basket wasfound by the wolf. ... Accounts Livy, "Not without good reason did gods and men choose this spot as the site of a city, with its bracing hills, its [spacious] river by means of which the produce of inland countries may be brought down and inland supplies obtained; a sea near enough for all useful purposes, but not so near as to be exposed to danger from foreign fleets; a district in the very center of Italy, in a word, a posi...

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Pompeii lay on a plateau of ancient lava near the Bay of Naples in western Italy in a region called Campania, less than 1.6 kilometers from the foot of Mount Vesuvius. ... By 79 AD, Latin had replaced Oscan as the principal language, and the laws and culture of Imperial Rome were implanted. ... They built great villas near the Mediterranean shore, where they could enjoy the mild, sunny climate. ... Despite some later alterations and additions, the nucleus of this house, the rooms around the atrium(The court of a roman house that is near the entrance and open to the sky), stayed as it was until...

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• Grade Level: High School

In 265 Hiero won a great pitched battle near Longanus River and was elected "Tyrant" of Syracuse. ... On the way back to Italy it was caught in a gale, and 184 of 264 ships were dashed against the rocks near Camarina in southern Sicily. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In 1748, under the ruling of Charles III, the King of Naples, excavation attempts were put in place to dig up the mysterious site located southeast near the base of Mount Vesuvius. ... Pompeii seemed a well ordered city with laws, due to the presence of legal buildings. ...

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