History UsefulNotes / Rome

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* ''Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoningPartOne''

The ideas most people have about AncientGrome, i.e. the amazing architecture and large buildings, come from the era of UsefulNotes/TheRomanEmpire. The major monuments from the UsefulNotes/{{Etruscan|s}} era is the famous Cloaca Maxima sewage system (which the Romans were justifiably proud of even in the Ancient days), and from the Republican era, there is the Roman Forum or the ruins of it, which was largely leveled and rebuilt by UsefulNotes/{{Augustus}} and from him and the later Emperors comes such monumental buildings as the Colosseum/Flavian Amphitheater (commissioned by Vespasian and completed under Titus), the Pantheon (commissioned by Hadrian), Trajan's Market (completed by UsefulNotes/{{Trajan}}), the baths of Diocletian and Caracalla, and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers the Pyramid of Cestius]].[[note]]During Augustus' reign Rome was hit by an Egypt craze, and the high-ranking priest Gaius Cestius Epulo had his heirs build him a pyramid as a tomb on pain of losing their inheritance, later incorporated in the defensive walls and mistaken by popular belief for Remus' tomb. An unknown member of the Scipioni had the "Pyramid of Romulus" built as a family mausoleum, but this was demolished on Pope Alexander VI's orders to pave the way for a toll road[[/note]] The Tomb of Emperor Hadrian was converted by later Popes into a castle and taken as a residence in Castel Sant'Angelo, which at one point was the tallest structure in Western Europe.

The ideas most people about AncientGrome, i.e. the amazing architecture and large buildings, come from the era of UsefulNotes/TheRomanEmpire. The major monuments from the UsefulNotes/{{Etruscan|s}} era is the famous Cloaca Maxima sewage system (which the Romans were justifiably proud of even in the Ancient days), and from the Republican era, there is the Roman Forum or the ruins of it, which was largely leveled and rebuilt by UsefulNotes/{{Augustus}} and from him and the later Emperors comes such monumental buildings as the Colosseum/Flavian Amphitheater (commissioned by Vespasian and completed under Titus), the Pantheon (commissioned by Hadrian), Trajan's Market (completed by UsefulNotes/{{Trajan}}), the baths of Diocletian and Caracalla, and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers the Pyramid of Cestius]].[[note]]During Augustus' reign Rome was hit by an Egypt craze, and the high-ranking priest Gaius Cestius Epulo had his heirs build him a pyramid as a tomb on pain of losing their inheritance, later incorporated in the defensive walls and mistaken by popular belief for Remus' tomb. An unknown member of the Scipioni had the "Pyramid of Romulus" built as a family mausoleum, but this was demolished on Pope Alexander VI's orders to pave the way for a toll road[[/note]] The Tomb of Emperor Hadrian was converted by later Popes into a castle and taken as a residence in Castel Sant'Angelo, which at one point was the tallest structure in Western Europe.

As a modern city, Rome is the largest city and urban area in Italy, as well as the third-most populous city proper in UsefulNotes/TheEuropeanUnion (after UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}} and UsefulNotes/{{Madrid}}, and just ahead of UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}). As the capital, it is the center for the Italian government and much economic activity, although Italy's industrial, financial, and design capital is in the northern city of Milan. Modern Rome, being built on, well, Ancient Rome and Medieval Rome, can be extremely difficult city to get around, and traffic is always ''terrible''. It doesn't help that [[DrivesLikeCrazy Roman drivers have a deserved reputation for insanity]]. This is often the first thing modern Romans mention to visitors, or complain about to each other. And don't think you can avoid this by taking public transit; the bus drivers are just as insane as the other drivers, and while Rome does have a Metro, it's surprisingly lacking because (again) Modern Rome is built on Ancient Rome and Medieval Rome means that building it goes very slowly and expensively due to the tendency of serious digging in Rome to reveal some valuable artifact or other. [[UsefulNotes/VaticanCity Vatican City]] is technically a separate country within the city of Rome, as it is the last remnant of the Papal States.

* Franchise/{{Asterix}} has ventured into the city on a number of occasions in either [[ComicBook/{{Asterix}} comic books]] or animation, usually to free someone or steal something from UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar. And [[TheCoconutEffect you'll see the Colosseum every time]], [[AnachronismStew despite]] the stories being set circa 50 BC, 130 years before it was built.

* Franchise/{{Asterix}} has ventured in the city itself on two occasions in animated films, ''WesternAnimation/TheTwelveTasksOfAsterix'' and ''WesternAnimation/AsterixVersusCaesar''. He ends up in GladiatorGames at the ({{anachronis|m Stew}}tic, again) Colosseum on both occasions.

* Franchise/{{Asterix}} has ventured into the city on a number of occasions in either [[ComicBook/{{Asterix}} comic books]] or animation, usually to free someone or steal something from Julius Caesar. And [[TheCoconutEffect you'll see the Colosseum every time]], [[AnachronismStew despite]] the stories being set circa 50 BC, 130 years before it was built.

* Franchise/{{Asterix}} has ventured in the city itself on two occasions in animated films, ''WesternAnimation/TheTwelveTasksOfAsterix'' and ''WesternAnimation/AsterixVersusCaesar''. He ends up in GladiatorGames at the Colosseum on both occasions.

* Franchise/{{Asterix}} has ventured in the city itself on two occasions in animated films, ''WesternAnimation/TheTwelveTasksOfAsterix'' and ''WesternAnimation/AsterixVersusCaesar''.

Also known as the Eternal City, Rome is UsefulNotes/{{Italy}}'s capital.

Following its legendary founding by UsefulNotes/{{Romulus}} and Remus in 753 BC (in reality, the city's about 200 years older), it was the heart, soul and body of UsefulNotes/TheRomanKingdom then UsefulNotes/TheRomanRepublic (UsefulNotes/TheRomanEmpire up to a point -- [[TheArtifact towards the end]], the capital shifted to Milan and Ravenna, while the Eastern Empire, a.k.a. the UsefulNotes/ByzantineEmpire, was administered from [[UsefulNotes/{{Istanbul}} Constantinople]]). The historian Livy titled his book ''Ab Urbe Condita'' ("''From the Founding of the City''"). It was surrounded by seven hills: Aventine, Caelian, Capitoline, Esquiline, Palatine, Quirinal, Viminal. The words "capital" and "palace" [[TropeNamer derive from two of the hills]] and their importance to administration and expensive real estate. [[LongRunners It is one of the oldest cities in the world]], being continuously inhabited since at least 1,000 BC, and certainly the first major city of its kind, boasting a population of 1 million by First Century BCE and expanding greatly in size and scope during the height of the Empire. The river Tiber flows through the city, and owing to the Republic and later the Empire, it and other aspects of the city architecture and topography have entered PopCulturalOsmosis.

Following its legendary founding by UsefulNotes/{{Romulus}} and Remus, the city was the heart, soul and body of UsefulNotes/TheRomanKingdom then UsefulNotes/TheRomanRepublic (UsefulNotes/TheRomanEmpire up to a point -- [[TheArtifact towards the end]], the capital shifted to Milan and Ravenna, while the Eastern Empire, a.k.a. the UsefulNotes/ByzantineEmpire, was administered from [[UsefulNotes/{{Istanbul}} Constantinople]]). The historian Livy titled his book ''Ab Urbe Condita'' ("''From the Founding of the City''"). It was surrounded by seven hills: Aventine, Caelian, Capitoline, Esquiline, Palatine, Quirinal, Viminal. The words "capital" and "palace" [[TropeNamer derive from two of the hills]] and their importance to administration and expensive real estate. [[LongRunners It is one of the oldest cities in the world]], being continuously inhabited since at least 1,000 BC, and certainly the first major city of its kind, boasting a population of 1 million by First Century BCE and expanding greatly in size and scope during the height of the Empire. The river Tiber flows through the city, and owing to the Republic and later the Empire, it and other aspects of the city architecture and topography have entered PopCulturalOsmosis.

The ideas most people about AncientGrome, i.e. the amazing architecture and large buildings, come from the era of UsefulNotes/TheRomanEmpire. The major monuments from the Etruscan era is the famous Cloaca Maxima sewage system (which the Romans were justifiably proud of even in the Ancient days), and from the Republican era, there is the Roman Forum or the ruins of it, which was largely leveled and rebuilt by UsefulNotes/{{Augustus}} and from him and the later Emperors comes such monumental buildings as the Colosseum/Flavian Amphitheater (commissioned by Vespasian and completed under Titus), the Pantheon (commissioned by Hadrian), Trajan's Market (completed by UsefulNotes/{{Trajan}}), the baths of Diocletian and Caracalla, and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers the Pyramid of Cestius]].[[note]]During Augustus' reign Rome was hit by an Egypt craze, and the high-ranking priest Gaius Cestius Epulo had his heirs build him a pyramid as a tomb on pain of losing their inheritance, later incorporated in the defensive walls and mistaken by popular belief for Remus' tomb. An unknown member of the Scipioni had the "Pyramid of Romulus" built as a family mausoleum, but this was demolished on Pope Alexander VI's orders to pave the way for a toll road[[/note]] The Tomb of Emperor Hadrian was converted by later Popes into a castle and taken as a residence in Castel Sant'Angelo, which at one point was the tallest structure in Western Europe.

Following its semi-mythical foundation by UsefulNotes/{{Romulus}} and Remus, the city was the heart, soul and body of UsefulNotes/TheRomanKingdom then UsefulNotes/TheRomanRepublic (UsefulNotes/TheRomanEmpire up to a point -- [[TheArtifact towards the end]], the capital shifted to Milan and Ravenna, while the Eastern Empire, a.k.a. the UsefulNotes/ByzantineEmpire, was administered from [[UsefulNotes/{{Istanbul}} Constantinople]]). The historian Livy titled his book ''Ab Urbe Condita'' ("''From the Founding of the City''"). It was surrounded by seven hills: Aventine, Caelian, Capitoline, Esquiline, Palatine, Quirinal, Viminal. The words "capital" and "palace" [[TropeNamer derive from two of the hills]] and their importance to administration and expensive real estate. [[LongRunners It is one of the oldest cities in the world]], being continuously inhabited since at least 1,000 BC, and certainly the first major city of its kind, boasting a population of 1 million by First Century BCE and expanding greatly in size and scope during the height of the Empire. The river Tiber flows through the city, and owing to the Republic and later the Empire, it and other aspects of the city architecture and topography have entered PopCulturalOsmosis.