Etymology
According to the Ancient Romans' founding myth, the name Roma came from the city's … Meer weergeven

Location
Rome is in the Lazio region of central Italy on the Tiber (Italian: Tevere) river. The original … Meer weergeven

By 550 BC, Rome was the second largest city in Italy after only Taras (modern Taranto) on the Salento Peninsula. It had an area of about 285 ha (700 acres) and an … Meer weergeven

Rome is a nationwide and major international centre for higher education, containing numerous academies, colleges and … Meer weergeven

Earliest history
While there have been discoveries of archaeological evidence of human occupation of the Rome area from approximately 14,000 years ago, the dense layer of much younger debris obscures Meer weergeven

Rome constitutes a comune speciale, named "Roma Capitale", and is the largest both in terms of land area and population among the … Meer weergeven

As the capital of Italy, Rome hosts all the principal institutions of the nation, including the Presidency of the Republic, the government (and its single Ministeri), the … Meer weergeven