Rome

Ancient Italian capital city · 753 BC–present (legendary founding) · Central Italy, Tiber River
Rome was the capital of an ancient empire that dominated the Mediterranean and evolved into modern Italy's capital.
The kit
- Founding & Geography — Rome was legendarily founded by Romulus after killing his twin Remus on Palatine Hill, one of seven hills.
- Ancient Structures — Rome contained the Pantheon built by Hadrian in 126 AD, the Colosseum, and the Circus Maximus chariot-racing venue.
- Sacks & Fall — Rome was sacked by Brennus after the Battle of Allia River, by Alaric's Visigoths in 410 AD, and fell in 476 AD.
- Modern Capital — Rome became Italy's capital after Piedmont-Sardinia captured it from Papal zouaves, replacing Florence in that role.
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The ladder · 15 clues
This city was sacked by Brennus after its forces were defeated at the Allia River.
On the orders of Hadrian, the Pantheon was built in this city in 126 AD.
The fall of the Etruscans came with the rise of this civilization. After killing his twin Remus, Romulus founded this city on Palatine Hill.
The Trevi Fountain is located in this Italian city.
Soldiers raised in this city were trained on a large field known as the Campus Martius, and its Temple of Janus only opened its doors in times of war.
Romulus Augustulus was deposed after the capture of this city in 476 AD. name this city that was sacked several times during the fall of its Italy-based empire.
Empire that governed Israel as the province of Judea.
This city was situated on seven hills and was legendarily founded by Romulus and Remus. name this city on the Tiber River, the namesake of an Italian empire.
Piedmont-Sardinia’s capture of this city was unsuccessfully resisted by Papal zouaves, leading to the capital of a new country being moved here from Florence. name this capital city of Italy.
Later fighting forces of this empire were comprised of ten cohorts and carried an eagle standard. name this ancient empire whose basic fighting unit, called a legion, defended the Italian peninsula.
This city’s sewer, the Cloaca Maxima, drained a swamp that became the site of the first forum.
Capital city that was the target of a fascist march.
The European Economic Community and European Atomic Energy Community were both created by treaties signed in which European capital in 1957?
In 410 AD, King Alaric of the Visigoths sacked this city shortly after it had lost its status as capital to Ravenna.
An amphitheatre in this city was built during the Flavian dynasty near the site of chariot racing at the Circus Maximus. Name the city that contains St. Peter's Basilica and the Colosseum.
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Hegemonic empire which split into three distinct sections during the Crisis of the Third Century.
The early history of this city was described in Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita. name this city legendarily founded by Romulus and Remus.
This city was home to a lower-class district known as the Subura.
Tarquin the Proud was the final king of this city.
Maggie Popkin’s Souvenirs and the Experience of Empire in this place argues that souvenirs served as cultural ties for the many people who would never be able to traverse it. :Name this empire, where travellers could buy souvenirs of their trip to the Circus Maximus.
One statesman from this city compared the parts of the body to various social classes to end a dispute within its Conflict of the Orders.
After the conquest of this city by an enemy leader, that leader threw his sword on a scale and shouted "woe to the vanquished" during ransom negotiations.
To campaign for more rights, many residents took part in “secessions” where they left this city.
A breach in the Porta Pia of this city led to its capture on the Venti Settembre, and Benvenuto Cellini claimed to have shot Charles, Duke of Orleans while defending the Castel Sant’Angelo in this city.
A statue of a personification of this city sits on a pedestal containing reliefs of a wolf and two infants in Jacques-Louis David’s depiction of lictors bringing bodies to Lucius Junius Brutus.
































