1. Peninsula: land surrounded by water on 3 sides
2. legend: old story
3. founded: began
4. latium: a plain south of the Tiber River
5. plain: flat land
6. culture: the way a group of people live
7. Etruscans: a tribe who lived north of the Tiber
8. advanced: better than others, improved
9. sailors: people who travel on the sea
10. Rome: an ancient civilization that began in Italy and it is now the capital
11. Latins: people who lived South of the Tiber
12. Senate: a group of representatives
13. patricians: the high class of Roman society
14. plebians: the low class of Roman society
