- 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