- Peninsula شبه جزيرة: land surrounded by water on 3 sides
 - legend قصة قديمة: old story
 - founded بدأت: began
 - latium: a plain south of the Tiber River
 - plain: flat land
 - culture حضاره: the way a group of people live
 - Etruscans: a tribe who lived north of the Tiber
 - advanced المتقدمة: better than others, improved
 - sailors البحارة: people who travel on the sea
 - Rome: an ancient civilization that began in Italy and it is now the capital
 - Latins: people who lived South of the Tiber
 - Senate مجلس الشيوخ: a group of representatives
 - patricians أناس أغنياء: the high class of Roman society
 - plebians اناس فقراء: the low class of Roman society