Rome
About Rome
Rome is the capital city and most populated comune (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special comune named Roma Capitale with a population of 2.7 million in an area of 1,287.36 km2 (497.1 mi2), Rome is the third most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. The Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, with a population of 4.2 million, is the most populous metropolitan city in Italy. Its metropolitan area is the third-most populous within Italy. Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber Valley. Vatican City is an independent country inside the city boundaries of Rome, the only existing example of a country within a city. Rome is often referred to as the "City of Seven Hills" due to its geography, and also as the "Eternal City". Rome is generally considered to be one of the cradles of Western civilization and Western Christian culture, and the centre of the Catholic Church.
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In ancient Rome, genius was a godlike soul that lay in the foreheads of men, and the female equivalent was called the Iuno.
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Rome got a lot of its obelisks from its territories in Egypt.
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Ancient Rome had underfloor heating 2,000 years ago.
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In ancient Rome, heavy earrings often infected the lobes, so a woman called the auricular ornatrix was employed to deal with the infected ears.
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In ancient Rome there was a urine tax collector, because the public bathing-house toilets would overflow with urine.
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In ancient Rome, urine was collected from a communal pool and purchased for making mouthwash and for bleaching.
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When Petronius Maximus broke a deal, the Vandals sacked Rome, and he was stoned by his own people and thrown into the Tiber.
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In the Colosseum, the person who organised and paid for the games was called the editor.
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The Colosseum sat 50,000 people and replaced its predecessor, the Circus Maximus, which sat 250,000 and is still the biggest stadium ever.
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The Goths crossed the Danube in the 370s, and in 376 the catastrophic battle of Adrianople became one of the worst defeats in Roman history, with the Eastern Emperor taking on the Goths.
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In ancient Rome, at about 35 to 40 you would have a wax mask made of yourself, for use in life and at your funeral.
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Rome supposedly had a secret name, and the main candidate is Amor, which is Rome spelled backwards.
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Buried under the palace of the emperor Augustus is a cave full of mosaics and seashells, which by legend is where Romulus and Remus were suckled and Rome itself came to be.
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Until 1059, everyone in Rome could vote for the Pope, not just the Cardinals.
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The highest-earning athlete may be Gaius Appuleius Diocles, a Roman champion charioteer whose tombstone records his winnings.
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In a Roman ritual, a horse was sacrificed to the gods after a chariot race, and the right-hand horse of the winning pair had its head taken.
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At the Roman games, the gifts thrown to the crowd included toothpaste, whips, seashells, bladder footballs, and a pastry penis.
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In ancient Rome it was a terrible punishment to say the city's secret name, and a man named Soranus was supposedly executed for saying it.
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