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2 days ago · Name and symbol Etymology According to the Ancient Romans' founding myth, the name Roma came from the city's founder and first king, Romulus. However, it is possible that the name Romulus was actually derived from Rome itself. As early as the 4th century, there have been alternative theories proposed on the origin of the name Roma. Several hypotheses have been advanced focusing on its ...
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- 21 April 753 BC
- 21 m (69 ft)
- Italy
4 hours ago · The director's art deco-take on the end of the Roman Republic is premiering in competition at Cannes 2024 The post ‘Megalopolis’: The Fall of Ancient Rome Comes to America in Trailer for ...
5 days ago · An Introduction to Ancient Rome. Part 1: Starting Small. The civilization of ancient Rome was at one time the mightiest on the planet. Yet it, too, like any other civilization, began as one small settlement. In 753 B.C., the city of Rome was founded, on the Tiber River, in what is now central Italy.
2 days ago · The Western Roman Empire during the reign of Majorian in AD 460. During his four-year-long reign from 457 to 461, Majorian restored Western Roman authority in Hispania and most of Gaul. Despite his accomplishments, Roman rule in the west would last less than two more decades.
- Autocracy
- Western administrative division of the Roman Empireᵃ
1 day ago · In uncovering the flavor of ancient Roman wines, a team of researchers turned to an interesting source, modern Georgian wines. The Baltic country of Georgia is some 1,500 miles away from Rome, but its wine industry shares some important similarities with that of the ancient Roman world, specifically the use of clay vessels for fermenting and ...
5 days ago · Learn More. Discover 134 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Rome from Santa Maria della Concezione Crypts to The Mithraeum at Circus Maximus.
12 hours ago · An ancient Greco-Roman settlement in Egypt survived longer than traditionally assumed, archaeologists have proposed in a study. The study, published in the journal Antiquity, reports that the ...
