"direction"", Lith. ""virsus"" ""upper""). Rome grew from pastoral settlements on the Palatine Hill and surrounding hills approximately from the Tyrrhenian Sea on the south side of the Tiber. The Quirinal Hill was probably an outpost for the Sabines, another Italic-speaking people. At this location, the Tiber forms a Z-shaped curve that contains an island where the river can be forded. Because of the river and the ford, Rome was at a crossroads of traffic following the river valley and of traders traveling north and south on the west side of the peninsula. Archaeological finds have confirmed that there were two"
"Rubicon The Rubicon (, ) is a shallow river in northeastern Italy, just south of Ravenna. The same name was given to a river that was famously crossed by Julius Caesar in 49 BC. While it has not been proven, some historians agree that the two rivers are indeed one and the same; this was not always the case. The modern-day river flows for around from the Apennine Mountains to the Adriatic Sea through the south of the Emilia-Romagna region, between the towns of Rimini and Cesena. The Latin word ' comes from the adjective ', meaning ""red"". The river"
"Seven hills of Rome The seven hills of Rome ( , ) east of the river Tiber form the geographical heart of Rome, within the walls of the city. The seven hills are: The Vatican Hill (Latin ""Collis Vaticanus"") lying northwest of the Tiber, the Pincian Hill (Latin ""Mons Pincius""), lying to the north, and the Janiculum Hill (Latin ""Ianiculum""), lying to the west, are not counted among the traditional Seven Hills. Tradition holds that Romulus and Remus founded the original city on the Palatine Hill on April 21st, 753 BC, and that the seven hills were first occupied by"
"Latium Latium (; ) is the region of central western Italy in which the city of Rome was founded and grew to be the capital city of the Roman Empire. Latium was originally a small triangle of fertile, volcanic soil on which resided the tribe of the Latins or Latians. It was located on the left bank (east and south) of the River Tiber, extending northward to the River Anio (a left-bank tributary of the Tiber) and southeastward to the Pomptina Palus (Pontine Marshes, now the Pontine Fields) as far south as the Circeian promontory. The right bank of the"
"dictator Benito Mussolini sent a replica of the statue of Romulus and Remus nursing from a mother wolf, a symbol of the founding myth of the original Rome. Rome is located at the confluence of the Etowah and the Oostanaula rivers, whose merging forms the Coosa River. This gave it access to the waterways, the major transportation routes of the era. Because of this water feature, Rome developed as a regional trade center, based originally on King Cotton. As cotton plantations were developed in the area, Rome was an increasingly important market town, shipping the commodity downriver to other markets."
"Istanbul"". Seven hills of Rome The seven hills of Rome ( , ) east of the river Tiber form the geographical heart of Rome, within the walls of the city. The seven hills are: The Vatican Hill (Latin ""Collis Vaticanus"") lying northwest of the Tiber, the Pincian Hill (Latin ""Mons Pincius""), lying to the north, and the Janiculum Hill (Latin ""Ianiculum""), lying to the west, are not counted among the traditional Seven Hills. Tradition holds that Romulus and Remus founded the original city on the Palatine Hill on April 21st, 753 BC, and that the seven hills were first occupied"
"Rome, Iowa Rome is a city in Henry County, Iowa, United States. The population was 117 at the 2010 census. Rome was first laid out in 1846. In 1866, Rome annexed land across the Skunk River, in order to be connected to the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. Rome's longitude and latitude coordinates in decimal form are 40.983047, -91.683033. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. The city is situated on the northwest bank of the Skunk River. At the 2010 census, there were 117 people, 52 households"
"ancient Via Nomentana, that is, between the Ponte Nomentano and the Aniene's confluence with the Cecchina creek. In 494 BC a class struggle took place in ancient Rome during which the lower class plebs seceded from the city and made camp on ""Mons Sacer"". The secession led to a negotiated settlement with the upper class patricians, and as a result the plebeians were given increased rights including the right to elect their own magistrates, named tribunes. Monte Sacro Monte Sacro () is a hill in Rome, Italy on the banks of the river Aniene, some kilometres to the north-east of"
"were thrown as infants. According to legend, the city of Rome was founded in 753 BC on the banks of the Tiber about from the sea at Ostia. The island Isola Tiberina in the centre of Rome, between Trastevere and the ancient center, was the site of an important ancient ford and was later bridged. Legend says Rome's founders, the twin brothers Romulus and Remus, were abandoned on its waters, where they were rescued by the she-wolf, Lupa. The river marked the boundary between the lands of the Etruscans to the west, the Sabines to the east and the Latins"
"Santerno The Santerno is a river in Romagna in northern Italy. It is the major tributary of the Reno River. In Roman times, it was known as the ""Vatrenus"" (small ""Renus""), although, in the Tabula Peutingeriana, it was already identified as the ""Santernus"". It rises near the Futa Pass, at of elevation, in the Apennine ridges facing the plateau of Firenzuola in the province of Florence. Beyond Firenzuola, it flows northeast through the province of Bologna near Castel del Rio, where it is crossed by a famous medieval bridge, the ""Ponte degli Alidosi"". It then flows past Fontanelice, Borgo Tossignano,"
"in part (e.g., the Ponte Milvio and the Ponte Sant'Angelo) or in whole (Fabricius' Bridge). Tiber The Tiber (; ; ) is the third-longest river in Italy, rising in the Apennine Mountains in Emilia-Romagna and flowing through Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio, where it is joined by the river Aniene, to the Tyrrhenian Sea, between Ostia and Fiumicino. It drains a basin estimated at . The river has achieved lasting fame as the main watercourse of the city of Rome, founded on its eastern banks. The river rises at Mount Fumaiolo in central Italy and flows in a generally southerly direction"
"Statue of the Tiber river with Romulus and Remus The Statue of the Tiber river with Romulus and Remus is a large statue of the ancient Rome exhibited at the Louvre museum (Paris, France). It is an allegory of the Tiber River that waters the city of Rome. The Tiber is depicted as a middle-aged man, bearded, and half lying, according to the patterns of typical representation of the gods-river. He holds the attributes signifying the benefits he lavishes to Rome: At the foot of the statue lies the she-wolf breastfeeding the twins Romulus and Remus, who had been abandoned"
"of Rome""), to mark the association of the Fascist regime with the ancient Roman empire. A Roman eagle stands on the top of the column, and three wolf heads holding a ring in their mouths are visible on the sides. In its first kilometers the river Tiber runs in Emilia Romagna, then it enters in , in Tuscany, before crossing the Umbria region and the Lazio region and Rome. After 405 kilometers, the river Tiber pours its waters into the Tirreno sea. The Tiber is the third Italian river by length (after the rivers Po and Adige), and the second"
"Tiber The Tiber (; ; ) is the third-longest river in Italy, rising in the Apennine Mountains in Emilia-Romagna and flowing through Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio, where it is joined by the river Aniene, to the Tyrrhenian Sea, between Ostia and Fiumicino. It drains a basin estimated at . The river has achieved lasting fame as the main watercourse of the city of Rome, founded on its eastern banks. The river rises at Mount Fumaiolo in central Italy and flows in a generally southerly direction past Perugia and Rome to meet the sea at Ostia. Popularly called """" (""the blond""),"
"Romans in 180/181 BC along the Natiso River, on land south of the Julian Alps but about north of the lagoons. The colony served as a strategic frontier fortress at the north-east corner of transpadane (on the far side of the Po river) Italy and was intended to protect the Veneti, faithful allies of Rome during the invasion of Hannibal and the Illyrian Wars. The colony would serve as a citadel to check the advance into Cisalpine Gaul of other warlike peoples, such as the hostile Carni to the northeast in what is now Carnia and Histri tribes to the"
"principal streets in every Roman town, running north–south and east–west respectively. In a section of the Tabula Peutingeriana, an ancient document showing the network of Roman roads, a river in northeastern Italy labeled """"fl. Rubicū"""" is shown at a position 12 Roman miles () north of Rimini along the coastline; this is the distance between Rimini and a place called ""Ad Confluentes"", drawn west of the Rubicon, on the Via Aemilia. However, the river-bed shape observed in Pisciatello and the Rubicone river in the present day, well below Roman-age soil layers, is likely to indicate that any possible course modification"
"Monte Sacro Monte Sacro () is a hill in Rome, Italy on the banks of the river Aniene, some kilometres to the north-east of the Campidoglio. It popularly derives its name from being the site of rituals by augurs or haruspices and gives its name to Rome's Monte Sacro quarter. The location of Monte Sacro can be identified by references to it in Roman-era writings, including those by Asconius, Cicero, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Livy and Valerius Maximus. From these indications, it appears the site was located 3 miles outside the city, between the right bank of the Aniene and the"
"forced to wage war with her former suitor, Turnus. According to the poem, the Alban kings were descended from Aeneas, and thus Romulus, the founder of Rome, was his descendant. The city of Rome grew from settlements around a ford on the river Tiber, a crossroads of traffic and trade. According to archaeological evidence, the village of Rome was probably founded some time in the 8th century BC, though it may go back as far as the 10th century BC, by members of the Latin tribe of Italy, on the top of the Palatine Hill. The Etruscans, who had previously"
"Roman Campagna The Roman Campagna (), or just ""Campagna"", is a low-lying area surrounding Rome in the Lazio region of central Italy, with an area of approximately . It is bordered by the Tolfa and Sabatini mountains to the north, the Alban Hills to the southeast, and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the southwest. The rivers Tiber and Aniene run through the area. During the Ancient Roman period, it was an important agricultural and residential area, but it was abandoned during the Middle Ages due to malaria and insufficient water supplies for farming needs. The pastoral beauty of the Campagna inspired"
"Italy. In January of 49 BC, Caesar brought the 13th legion across the river, which the Roman government considered insurrection, treason, and a declaration of war on the Roman Senate. According to some authors, he is said to have uttered the phrase """"alea iacta est""""—the die is cast— as his army marched through the shallow river. Today, the phrase """"crossing the Rubicon"""" is an idiom that means to pass a point of no return. During the Roman republic, the river Rubicon marked the boundary between the Roman province of Cisalpine Gaul to the north-east and Italy proper (controlled directly by"
"to the south. Benito Mussolini, born in Romagna, adjusted the boundary between Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna, so that the springs of the Tiber would lie in Romagna. The Tiber was critically important to Roman trade and commerce, as ships could reach as far as upriver; there is evidence that it was used to ship grain from the Val Teverina as long ago as the 5th century BC. It was later used to ship stone, timber and foodstuffs to Rome. During the Punic Wars of the 3rd century BC, the harbour at Ostia became a key naval base. It later became Rome's"
"Rome, Indiana Rome is an unincorporated community along the Ohio River in southeastern Tobin Township, Perry County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The community lies across the river from Stephensport, Kentucky and just off Indiana State Road 66 above the city of Tell City, the county seat of Perry County. Its elevation is 410 feet (125 m), and it is located at (37.9233942, -86.5235905). Rome's ZIP Code is 47574. Rome was first established as Washington. The name was changed to Franklin before finally settling on Rome in 1819. A post office was established at Rome that year, and remained"
"is now the ruins of Forte Monte Antenne, which was erected by the Kingdom of Italy between 1877 and 1891. Aniene The Aniene (; ), formerly known as the Teverone, is a river in Lazio, Italy. It originates in the Apennines at Trevi nel Lazio and flows westward past Subiaco, Vicovaro, and Tivoli to join the Tiber in northern Rome. It thus formed the principal valley east of ancient Rome and was an important water source as the city's population expanded. The falls at Tivoli were noted for their beauty. Historic bridges across the river include the Ponte Nomentano, Ponte"
"Rome down to Ostia on the northern bank of the river Tiber - the closest salt-field in Western Italy. At the same time archaeologists detect an urban transformation of Rome: Roman huts were being replaced by houses and there was a social space, or ""forum"", that was built by c. 620 BC. The influence of the Etruscans played an important role, and migrants came from Etruscan towns. Soon (according to tradition) it was followed by the rule of Etruscan kings, the Tarquins (traditionally, 616-509 BC). While Rome may have acquired considerable territory (some 350 sq. miles) in Latium, its kings"
"Way. <br> Roman Campagna The Roman Campagna (), or just ""Campagna"", is a low-lying area surrounding Rome in the Lazio region of central Italy, with an area of approximately . It is bordered by the Tolfa and Sabatini mountains to the north, the Alban Hills to the southeast, and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the southwest. The rivers Tiber and Aniene run through the area. During the Ancient Roman period, it was an important agricultural and residential area, but it was abandoned during the Middle Ages due to malaria and insufficient water supplies for farming needs. The pastoral beauty of the"
"Rome, Georgia Rome is the largest city in and the county seat of Floyd County, Georgia, United States. Located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, it is the principal city of the Rome, Georgia, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Floyd County. At the 2010 census, the city had a population of 36,303. It is the largest city in Northwest Georgia and the 19th largest city in the state. Rome was built at the confluence of the Etowah and the Oostanaula rivers, forming the Coosa River. Because of its strategic advantages, this area was long occupied by the"
"There are the remains of several Roman bridges along the road, including the Ponte d’Augusto, Ponte di Sant’Arcangelo di Romagna, Ponte San Vito, Ponte sul Reno and Ponte sul Rubicone. Via Aemilia The Via Aemilia () was a trunk Roman road in the north Italian plain, running from ""Ariminum"" (Rimini), on the Adriatic coast, to ""Placentia"" (Piacenza) on the river ""Padus"" (Po). It was completed in 187 BC. The ""Via Aemilia"" connected at Rimini with the Via Flaminia to Rome, which had been completed 33 years earlier. The land today known as northern Italy (""Italia settentrionale"") was known to the"
"Romagna Romagna (Romagnol: ""Rumâgna"") is an Italian historical region that approximately corresponds to the south-eastern portion of present-day Emilia-Romagna, North Italy. Traditionally, it is limited by the Apennines to the south-west, the Adriatic to the east, and the rivers Reno and Sillaro to the north and west. The region's major cities include Cesena, Faenza, Forlì, Imola, Ravenna, Rimini and City of San Marino (San Marino is a landlocked state inside the Romagna historical region). The region has been recently formally expanded with the transfer of seven comuni (Casteldelci, Maiolo, Novafeltria, Pennabilli, San Leo, Sant'Agata Feltria, Talamello) from the Marche region,"
"Porto di Ripetta The Porto di Ripetta was a port in the city of Rome. It was situated on the banks of the River Tiber and was designed and built in 1704 by the Italian Baroque architect Alessandro Specchi. Located in front of the church of San Girolamo degli Schiavoni, its low walls with steps descended in sweeping scenographic curves from the street to the river. The port no longer exists but is known from engraved views, drawings and early photographs. Situated on the left bank of the Tiber (as facing south), this was the place to alight for those"
"the upper course of the Rubicon has reduced its flow—it was a minor river even during Roman times (“""parvi Rubiconis ad undas""” as Lucan said, roughly translated ""to the waves of [the] tiny Rubicon"")—and has since lost its natural route, except in its upper course between low and woody hills. Rubicon The Rubicon (, ) is a shallow river in northeastern Italy, just south of Ravenna. The same name was given to a river that was famously crossed by Julius Caesar in 49 BC. While it has not been proven, some historians agree that the two rivers are indeed one"
"Rome Rome (Latin and ) is the capital city of Italy and a special ""comune"" (named ""Comune di Roma Capitale""). Rome also serves as the capital of the Lazio region. With 2,868,782 residents in , it is also the country's most populated ""comune"". It is the fourth-most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. It is the centre of the Metropolitan City of Rome, which has a population of 4.3 million residents. Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber. The Vatican City (the"
"Battle of Trebbia in 1799 which pitted a Republican French army against the allied armies of the Russian Empire and Habsburg Austria. Tidone The Tidone is a river in the Region of Emilia Romagna in northern Italy. It is a right-bank tributary of the Po River. The stream rises in the Apennine Mountains near Monte Penice and flows in a northerly direction into the Po. The Tidone's sources are on the northern slope of Monte Penice at an altitude of over in the Apennine Mountains in the municipality of Menconico. The river flows down a narrow mountain valley called the"
"Emporium (Rome) The Emporium was the river port of the ancient Rome, that rose approximately between the Aventine Hill and the Rione Testaccio (the Rione takes its name from the hill made of broken ""amphorae"", originated by the wastes from the trade activities of the port). Since the beginning of the 2nd century BC, the impetuous economic and demographic development had made the former river port in the Forum Boarium totally inadequate: moreover, it could not be enlarged due to its vicinity to the hills. Therefore in 193 BC the censors Lucius Aemilius Lepidus and Lucius Aemilius Paulus established to"