day 8

questions from page 183:

1. Greco - Roman culture- The mixing of elements of Greek, Hellenistic and Roman culture produced a new culture

Pompeii-Roman town destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius

Virgil-wrote Aeneid-legend of Aeneus; poet 

Tacitus-historian-presented facts accurately, wrote about good and bad of imperial Rome

aqueduct-bring water into cities and towns

5.It forms the basis for Western languages such as French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Romanian; more than half of English words have a basis in Latin.