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From Young Folks' History of Rome By Charlotte M. Yonge
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The Apennine Mountains run like a limb stretching out of the Alp eastward, and on them seems formed that land, shaped somewhat like called Italy. There were several nations living round these hills-the Etru and Latins being the chief.
The Latins and the Sabines were more alik
like the Greeks. There were a great many settlements of Greeks in the had is one arian. These were came Lares, or Penales and were
represented as little figures of dogs lying by the hearth, or as brass bai This is the reason that the bars, which close in an open hearth, are stil
10. Whenever there was a meal in the house the master began by pouring
11. Lares, and also to his own ancestors, of whom he kept figures; for thes
13. Tuith or pris, ine aunts ony changing i by maning it in na
14. and the men having separate names standing first, such as Marcus or
15. sisters were only numbered to distinguish them.
Question 3:
Based on information from the last three lines of the passage, it appears that
men's names were based on gods.
names were unisex in ancient Rome.
the naming process varied by family.
women were not highly esteemed.