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HISTORY. Italy's location on the Mediterranean linked it with the trade routes of the ancient civilizations that developed in the region. With the city of Rome's rise to power, the Italian...
Jun 16, 2024 · The European country of Italy has been inhabited by humans since at least 850,000 years ago. Since classical antiquity, ancient Etruscans, various Italic peoples (such as the Latins, Samnites, and Umbri), Celts, Magna Graecia colonists, and other ancient peoples have inhabited the Italian Peninsula. In antiquity, Italy was the homeland of the ...
Though Italy is really a new nation only coming into being in 1861, the geographical area we now refer to as Italy has had a long, rich, and diverse history. This survey will take you through pre-Roman times with the Greeks and Etruscans to the Roman Republic, Roman Empire, and the fall of Rome.
- History of Ancient Rome
- Life in Ancient Rome
- Why Ancient Rome Still Matters
Around the 9th or 10th century B.C., Rome was just a small town on the Tiber River in what’s now central Italy. (One myth says that the town was founded by two brothers—Romulus and Remus—who were raised by a wolf.) For about 500 years, the area was ruled by a series of kings as it grew in strength and power. But around the year 509 B.C., the last k...
Most people in the city of Rome lived in crowded apartment buildings called insulae that were five to seven stories high. Wealthier Romans lived in houses called domus that had a dining room and an atrium—an open-air courtyard that often had a pool at the center. Some Romans even had vacation homes in Pompeiiand Herculaneum, two Roman cities that w...
Today, the city of Rome is the capital of Italy, with around three million people. Visitors can still see many ancient Roman ruins, from the Colosseum to the Roman Forum, where much of ancient Roman politics took place. But beyond the crumbling buildings, Rome’s impact is seen all over the world today, from huge sports stadiums inspired by the Colo...
Italy: a brief history. For hundreds of years, the history of Italy was the history of Western Civilization. The Roman Empire influenced the government, the arts and the architecture of many centuries to come. After the fall of the Roman Empire in the A.D 400s, Italy began a long period as a divided country governed by foreign rulers.
Two thousand years ago the capital of Italy, Rome, was the center of an empire that ruled most of the known world. For centuries after the fall of the Roman Empire, Italy was divided into many individual states. It was unified in 1870 and today is an important member of the European Union (EU).
The Iron Age begins. 753 - According to legend, Romulus founds the city of Rome. 700s - The Greeks settle much of southern Italy and Sicily. 509 - The Roman Republic is established. The Roman Senate. 334 - The Romans begin to colonize and take over much of Italy.
