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History of Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and of its region, called Latium. It is located across the confluence of the Tiber and Aniene rivers.
It was once the capital of the Roman Empire, the most powerful, largest and longest lasting empire of classical Western civilization. The Vatican, a sovereign enclave within Rome, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Church and the home of the Pope.
The civilization of ancient Rome originated in the 8th or 9th century BC, when the tribe of the Latini migrated to the Italian peninsula to settle around the River Tiber. For almost a thousand years, Rome was a very important city in the Western world and possibly the largest city in the world, with around 1.5 to 2 million inhabitants, as the capital of the expansive Roman Empire. With the rise of Christianity, Rome became the center of the Roman Catholic Church and the home of the popes. The slow decline of the Roman Empire heralded the beginning of the Middle Ages, but the city regained prominence as the cultural capital of Western Roman Empire for several hundred years leading up to the Renaissance. Rome remains influential today, as the capital of Italy, as center of the Catholic Church, and as a major metropolis.
In Roman mythology, Rome was built on April 21, 753 BC by the twin descendants of the Trojan prince Aeneas, Romulus and Remus. Romulus killed Remus in a quarrel over where their city was to be located and became the first of seven Kings of Rome, as well as the source of the city's name.
Central Rome is dominated by the traditional seven hills that hark back to the Latin founding myth of the city. These seven hills are the Quirinal, Viminal, Esquiline, Caelian, Aventine, Capitoline , and Palatine Hills.
Itineraries Rome
We suggest you start off from the Forum, in other words from the capital's origins. The Forum became an important business centre during the 2 nd century BC and following this new buildings and temples were added during the imperial period to celebrate the importance of various emperors.
You can visit the remains of the Temple of Saturn, the Basilica Iulia, the Basilica Aemilia, the Temple of Romulus, the Basilica of Constantine, the Arch of Titus, the Antiquarium, the Temple of Venus and Rome and the Temple of Vesta.
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