Broader Places
Roma (Italia) (345)
Place Type inhabited place
Other Place Typescity, national capital, regional capital, provincial capital, administrative center, religious center, tourist center, transportation center, archaeological site, cultural center, commercial center, industrial center
Alternative TermsUrbe; Roma; Rom; Roman
Latitude 41.883
Longitude 12.500
On 7 hills over swampy Tiber river; Etruscan city by 8th cen. BC, their kings expelled & republic established by 500 BC; soon ruled vast area & was center of Empire from 31 BC; declined when capital moved to Constantinople in AD 330; revived under popes.
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