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Rome

Also Known As Roma

Southern Europe

A city on the Tiber River in central Italy, built across a cluster of low hills roughly fifteen miles inland from the Tyrrhenian Sea. Its inland but river-connected site gave it access to the Mediterranean without the direct exposure to seaborne raiding that a pure coastal position would carry, a siting logic that recurs across many of the ancient world's durable capitals. The surrounding countryside, the Roman Campagna, supplied the city with grain and produce, while the Tiber itself was navigable to small craft up to the city and served as the shortest crossing point between Italy's Tyrrhenian and interior regions for centuries.

Facts

Population

2,746,984 1

2025 figure, comune of Roma Capitale.

Area (sq km)

1287.36 1

Founding Year

753 BCE 1

Traditional/legendary founding date of Rome, per the infobox's own Founded field, attributed there to King Romulus.

Population Estimate Year

2025 1

Elevation (m)

21 1

Latitude

41.89333 degrees north 1

Longitude

12.48278 degrees east 1

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This source names Rome directly: "made it a crossroads of trade between Rome and northern Europe."

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Rome sits in central Italy.

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rome is associated with lazio.

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The Mediterranean

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Vatican City is an enclave within the city of Rome.

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Capital Of

Rome is the capital of Italy.

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rome is the capital of lazio.

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Rome Was Seven Villages Before It Was One City

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Antoniazzo Romano

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Caterina Ginnasi

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Giacomo del Pò

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Giovanni Baglione

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Giuseppe Cesari

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High Renaissance

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John William Waterhouse

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Roberto Rossellini

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Source Getty Research Institute Union List of Artist Names: Rossellini, Roberto (Italian film director, 1906-1977)Birth and Death Places

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Born: Rome (Roma province, Lazio, Italy) (inhabited place)

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Vincenzo Camuccini

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Camuccini was born in Rome on 22 February 1771.

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Scipio Africanus

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Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boethius, philosopher and statesman; b. Rome, c. 480; d. near Pavia, c. 524.

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Founding of Rome

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Descent from Mount Sinai (Sistine Chapel)

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It is now in the National Museum of Rome, displayed at the Palazzo Massimo

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Agenzia Giornalistica Italia

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Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane

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Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor

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Leonardo S.p.A.

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Telecom Italia S.p.A.

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Vision Distribution

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In Rome, Cagliostro moved into the Antico Albergo del Sole al Pantheon (Hotel of the Sun).

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365 BC) was a Roman statesman and politician during the early Roman republic who is most famous for his capture of Veii and defence of Rome from Gallic sack after the Battle of the Allia.

Clement of Rome

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Rome, Italy, Roman Empire

Flavius Josephus

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At around 26 years old, Josephus traveled to Rome to negotiate the release of Jewish priests imprisoned there by Nero.

Frederic W. H. Myers

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Rome, Italy

Gregorio Allegri

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On 4 June 1662, Molinos was admitted to the local chapter of the School of Christ, a religious brotherhood that would play an important role in his later life in Rome.

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In 212 he travelled to Rome – a major center of philosophy at the time.

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In January 1179, Waldo and one of his disciples went to Rome, where they were welcomed by Pope Alexander III and the Roman Curia.

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ca. 215) was a third-century priest and theologian who most likely taught in Rome, but may have been a North African from Libya.

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As a young man, Tacitus studied rhetoric in Rome to prepare for a career in law and politics; like Pliny, he may have studied under Quintilian (c. 35 AD – c. 100).

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From Cremona, he moved to Milan, and shortly afterwards to Rome.

Commissione Nazionale per le Societa e la Borsa (CONSOB)

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Ministry of Economy and Finance (Italy)

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Sapienza University of Rome

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The Sapienza University of Rome (Italian: Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"), also known as La Sapienza (The Wisdom or The Knowledge), is a public research university located in Rome, Italy.

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Sometimes, the name Consulta is used as a metonym for it, because its sessions are held in Palazzo della Consulta in Rome.

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It has its seat in the Palace of Justice, Rome.

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1. Rome (Wikipedia)

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Lead section
It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome.
Etymology and founding legend section
According to the Roman annalists, this happened on 21 April 753 BC.
Infobox, Elevation
21 m (69 ft)
Infobox, coordinates
41°53′36″N 12°28′58″E / 41.89333°N 12.48278°E
Infobox, Population
Population (2025) • Municipality 2,746,984
Article text
According to legend, Romulus is said to have founded the city of Rome on 21 April, 753 BC.
Associated With: Italy, Infobox
Country: Italy
In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia, part-of country and UN M49 subregion
In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion

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Encyclopaedia Britannica

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Wikidata: Rome

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