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Rome 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. With 2,860,009 residents in 1,285 km (496.1 sq mi), Rome is the country's most populated comune and the third most … See more
Etymology
According to the Ancient Romans' founding myth, the name Roma came from the city's founder and first king, Romulus.
However, it is… See moreLocation
Rome is in the Lazio region of central Italy on the Tiber (Italian: Tevere) river. The original settlement … See moreEarliest history
While there have been discoveries of archaeological evidence of human occupation of the Rome area from approximately… See moreBy 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 estimated population of 35,000. Other sources suggest the population was just under 100,000 from … See more
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