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4 days ago · Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio ( Latium ), along the shores of the Tiber. Vatican City (the smallest country in the world) [6] is an independent country inside the city boundaries of Rome, the only existing example of a country within a city.
- Rome (Disambiguation)
Ancient history. Ancient Rome, a civilization of classical...
- Colosseum
The Colosseum (⫽ ˌ k ɒ l ə ˈ s iː ə m ⫽ KOL-ə-SEE-əm;...
- Metropolitan City of Rome
It was established on 1 January 2015 by the terms of Law...
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Design. The civil flag of Rome is divided into two vertical...
- Pantheon
The Pantheon (UK: / ˈ p æ n θ i ə n /, US: /-ɒ n /; Latin:...
- Ponte Sant'Angelo
Ponte Sant'Angelo, originally the Aelian Bridge or Pons...
- Castel Sant'Angelo
The Mausoleum of Hadrian, also known as Castel Sant'Angelo...
- Founding of Rome
Capitoline Wolf, sculpture of the she-wolf feeding the twins...
- St. Peter's Basilica
The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican (Italian:...
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21 hours ago · Società Sportiva Lazio ( Italian pronunciation: [sotʃeˈta sporˈtiːva ˈlattsjo]; BIT : SSL; Lazio Sport Club) is an Italian professional sports club based in Rome, most known for its football activity. [3] . The society, founded in 1900, plays in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football.
6 days ago · The period was marked by vast expansion of Roman territory. During the 5th century BC, Rome gained regional dominance in Latium. With the Punic Wars from 264 to 146 BC, ancient Rome gained dominance over the Western Mediterranean, displacing Carthage as the dominant regional power.
Jun 25, 2024 · Lazio, regione, west-central Italy, fronting the Tyrrhenian Sea and comprising the provinces of Roma, Frosinone, Latina, Rieti, and Viterbo. In the east Lazio is dominated by the Reatini, Sabini, Simbruini, and Ernici ranges of the central Apennines, rising to 7,270 feet (2,216 metres) at Mount.
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Jun 25, 2024 · Caligula (born August 31, 12 ce, Antium, Latium [Italy]—died January 24, 41, Rome) was a Roman emperor from 37 to 41 ce, in succession after Tiberius. Caligula effected the transfer of the last legion that had been under a senatorial proconsul (in Africa) to an imperial legate, thus completing the emperor’s monopoly of army command.
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- Caligula, considered by many to be a mad and unpredictable tyrant, is also known for transferring the last legion under a senatorial proconsul to a...
- In January 41, four months after his return to Rome from Gaul, Caligula was murdered at the Palatine Games by Cassius Chaerea, tribune of the Praet...
- After his accession, Caligula squandered the vast sums Tiberius had accumulated in the state treasury, executed rivals and supporters alike, made p...
4 days ago · Pedro Eliezer Rodríguez Ledesma (born 28 July 1987), known as Pedro, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Serie A club Lazio . Pedro scored 99 goals in 321 appearances across all competitions for Barcelona from 2008 to 2015.
3 days ago · Considered a dead language, Latin was originally spoken in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area around Rome, Italy. Through the expansion of the Roman Republic it became the dominant language in the Italian Peninsula and subsequently throughout the Roman Empire.
