The
history of Rome spans 2800 years of the existence of a city that grew from a small
Italian village in the 9th century BC into the centre of a vast
civilisation that dominated the
Mediterranean region for centuries. It is one of the oldest named cities in the world. Its political power was eventually
replaced by that of peoples of mostly
Germanic origin, marking the beginning of the
Middle Ages.
Rome became the seat of the
Roman Catholic Church and the home of a sovereign state, the
Vatican City, within its walls. Today it is the capital of Italy, an international worldwide political and cultural centre, a major
global city, and is regarded as one of the most beautiful cities of the ancient world.
The traditional date for the
founding of Rome, based on a mythological account, is 21 April 753 BC, and the city and surrounding region of
Latium has continued to be inhabited with little interruption since around that time
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