Place details
Place nameRome
Other namesUrbe, Roma, Rom, Roman
CountryItalia
Latitude41.883
Longitude12.5
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
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.