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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

Elevation Band

Lowland 2

Climate Zone

Temperate 3

Time Zone

UTC+01:00 4

Connections

Associated With

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

Source Encyclopaedia Britannica

Rome sits in central Italy.

Source Encyclopaedia Britannica

Source Rome (Wikipedia)

rome is associated with lazio.

Source Rome (Wikipedia)

The Mediterranean

This source names The Mediterranean directly: "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..."

Source Encyclopaedia Britannica

Vatican City is an enclave within the city of Rome.

Source Vatican City (Wikipedia)

Capital Of

Rome is the capital of Italy.

Source Rome (Wikipedia)

rome is the capital of lazio.

Source Rome (Wikipedia)

Long-Form Articles

Rome Was Seven Villages Before It Was One City

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Nationals Include

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Source Lucretius (Wikipedia)Lead, description

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was a Roman poet and philosopher

Origin Of

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Antoniazzo Romano

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Artemisia Gentileschi

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Source Wikidata: Artemisia Gentileschi

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Caterina Ginnasi

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Enrico Cecchetti

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Source Enrico Cecchetti (Wikipedia)Lead, gender

Quote, Lead, gender

he was born in the costuming room of the Teatro Tordinona in Rome

Giacomo del Pò

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Giovanni Baglione

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Source Wikidata: Giulio Romano

Giuseppe Cesari

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High Renaissance

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John William Waterhouse

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Martino di Bartolomeo

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Orazio Borgianni

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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

Quote, Birth and Death Places

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

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Vincenzo Camuccini

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Source Vincenzo Camuccini (Wikipedia)Early life and education

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Camuccini was born in Rome on 22 February 1771.

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Marcus Licinius Crassus

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Source Marcus Licinius Crassus (Wikipedia)Early life

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Crassus is born in Rome, second of three sons of Publius Licinius Crassus

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Source Wikipedia: Nazareno PactLead

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As a journalistic and political term, the name derived by metonymy from the toponym of Largo del Nazareno in Rome, near the PD headquarters, where Renzi and Berlusconi held their first declared meeting.

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Scipio Africanus

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Source Twelve Tables (Wikipedia)Lead

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was the legislation that stood at the foundation of Roman law

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Source Encyclopedia.com (New Catholic Encyclopedia): BoethiusOpening lines

Quote, Opening lines

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

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The Fourth Lateran Council

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The Third Lateran Council

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Assassination of Julius Caesar

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Founding of Rome

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Quo Vadis (novel)

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Source Quo Vadis (novel) (Wikipedia)Leadtier 2

Quote, Lead

It takes place in the city of Rome under the rule of Roman emperor Nero, from c.

Site Of

Constitutional Court of Italy

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Source Constitutional Court of Italy, WikipediaLead

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its sessions are held in Palazzo della Consulta in Rome

Italian Constitutional Court

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Source Constitutional Court of Italy, WikipediaLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article

Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article

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

Supreme Court of Cassation of Italy

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Source Supreme Court of Cassation (Italy)Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article

Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article

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

Sapienza University of Rome

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Source Sapienza University of Rome (Wikipedia)Lead, location

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is a public research university located in Rome, Italy

Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (CONI)

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Source SS Lazio (Wikipedia)Lead

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is an Italian professional sports club based in Rome

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Sources

1. Rome (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia Foundation

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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2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 41.8933,12.4828

OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevation

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"elevation": 45.0

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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data

Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 41.75, 12.25

Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 41.75, 12.25

41.75 12.25 Csa

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4. GeoNames: Rome - GeoNames

GeoNamescities500 record 3169070

Quote, cities500 record 3169070

41.89193 12.51133 P PPLC IT 07 RM 058091 2318895 20 52 Europe/Rome

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Encyclopaedia Britannica

Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.View the Source

Wikidata: Rome

Wikidata Q220, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source

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