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1 day ago · Rome (Italian and Latin: Roma, pronounced [ˈroːma] ⓘ) is the capital city of Italy. It is also the capital of the Lazio region, the centre of the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, and a special comune (municipality) named Comune di Roma Capitale.
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Rome is the English name of the capital of Italy. The city,...
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3 days ago · Learn about Rome, the capital of Italy and a former centre of ancient Rome and the Roman Catholic Church. Explore its history, geography, culture, and attractions with Britannica.
2 days ago · Roman history can be divided into the following periods: Pre-historical and early Rome, covering Rome's earliest inhabitants and the legend of its founding by Romulus. The period of Etruscan dominance and the regal period, in which, according to tradition, Romulus was the first of seven kings.
2 days ago · Rome reached its greatest territorial extent under Trajan (r. 98–117 AD), but a period of increasing trouble and decline began under Commodus (r. 180–192). In the 3rd century, the Empire underwent a 50-year crisis that threatened its existence due to civil war, plagues and barbarian invasions.
Aug 27, 2024 · In the course of centuries Rome grew from a small town on the Tiber River in central Italy into a vast empire that ultimately embraced England, all of continental Europe west of the Rhine and south of the Danube, most of Asia west of the Euphrates, northern Africa, and the islands of the Mediterranean.
5 days ago · Pantheon, building in Rome that was begun in 27 BC by the statesman Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, probably as a building of the ordinary Classical temple style. It was completely rebuilt by the emperor Hadrian sometime between AD 118 and 128, and some alterations were made in the early 3rd century.
2 days ago · Vatican City (/ ˈ v æ t ɪ k ən / ⓘ), officially the Vatican City State (Italian: Stato della Città del Vaticano; [f] Latin: Status Civitatis Vaticanae), [g] [h] is a landlocked sovereign country, [16] [17] city-state, microstate, and enclave originally located in Rome, Italy.
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