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Rome (City)
Overview
Rome, the "Eternal City," was the capital of the Roman Republic and Empire, growing from Iron Age hilltop villages on the Tiber River into the largest city in the ancient world with a population exceeding one million. Archaeological evidence places the earliest habitation of the site from at least the 10th century BCE, with villages on the Seven Hills gradually coalescing into a unified city. 1
Key Facts
- Location: Central Italy, on the Tiber River
- Earliest settlement: ~1000 BCE (Iron Age hilltop villages) @t[~1000 BCE]
- Traditional founding: 753 BCE (Romulus and Remus legend) @t[=753 BCE]
- Peak population: ~1 million by the 1st–2nd century CE @t[~1 CE..~200 CE]
- Seven Hills: Palatine, Capitoline, Aventine, Viminal, Quirinal, Esquiline, and Caelian
Major Monuments
- Roman Forum: Political and commercial center of the Republic and Empire; public use from ~500 BCE @t[~509 BCE..]
- Servian Wall: Earliest city fortification, 4th century BCE @t[~2026-02-23] 2
- Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheatre): Completed ~80 CE, capacity ~50,000 @t[~0080] 3
- Pantheon: Rebuilt by Hadrian ~125 CE, largest unreinforced concrete dome @t[~0125] 2
- Circus Maximus: Chariot racing venue, capacity ~250,000. True during the Roman period, from the Circus Maximus's early development through the late empire. @t[~6th century BCE..476 CE]
- Baths of Caracalla and Diocletian @t[~216 CE..476 CE]
- Aurelian Walls: ~19 km defensive circuit enclosing the Seven Hills, built 271–275 CE @t[0271..0275] 2
- Aqueducts: 11 aqueducts supplied ~1 million cubic meters of water daily @t[~1 CE..~400 CE] 2
Historical Significance
- Capital of a republic (509–27 BCE) and empire (27 BCE–476 CE) @t[509 BCE..27 BCE] @t[27 BCE..0476]
- Center of Roman law, engineering, and administration @t[509 BCE..476 CE]
- Sacked by Visigoths (410 CE) @t[=0410] and Vandals (455 CE) @t[=0455] 2
- Fall of the Western Empire: 476 CE @t[=0476] 2
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