Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject Areas: History, Cultures. (2002) Explains that various cultures lived in Italy during the time of early Rome and that the people in Latium wanted to keep their identity. Visits Ferentinum, a city that built walls to protect itself against the Romans. Describes the procedures that the Romans used after invading a city: confiscating land, settling Romans and surveying with a groma. Highlights the Saracen Gate with its locks and the gate at Arpino. Includes the Via Latina and the Roman road system. Covers the Umbrian civilization and city of Amelia with its wall, water collection and archaeological artifacts. Chronicles the archaeological efforts made at a Roman settlement site discovered in 1978. Uses three dimensional graphics to depict a Roman house: its foyer, collection of water, guest room, kitchen and garden.