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Rome has also been called in ancient times simply "Urbs" (central city), [23] from urbs roma, or identified with its ancient Roman initialism of SPQR, the symbol of Rome's constituted republican government. Furthermore, Rome has been called Urbs Aeterna (The Eternal City), Caput Mundi (The Capital of the world), Throne of St. Peter and Roma ...
A good luck charm is an amulet or other item that is believed to bring good luck. Almost any object can be used as a charm. Coins, horseshoes and buttons are examples, as are small objects given as gifts, due to the favorable associations they make. Many souvenir shops have a range of tiny items that may be used as good luck charms.
For more than two thousand years fountains have provided drinking water and decorated the piazzas of Rome. During the Roman Empire, in 98 AD, according to Sextus Julius Frontinus, the Roman consul who was named curator aquarum or guardian of the water of the city, Rome had nine aqueducts which fed 39 monumental fountains and 591 public basins, not counting the water supplied to the Imperial ...
Goodenough Island: The most mediocre island in the world. Goodnews Bay: A little city in Alaska. Goodnight: I guess you will have to travel on US-287 for 11.6 miles to reach your hotel destination. Goodnight–Loving Trail: A trail used in cattle drives, named after two cattlemen with unlikely last names. Goofy Ridge: A census-designated place ...
Rome is regarded as one of the world's most beautiful ancient cities, [2] and contains vast amounts of priceless works of art, palaces, museums, parks, churches, gardens, basilicas, temples, villas, piazzas, theatres, and other venues in general. As one of the world's most important and visited cities, [3] there are numerous popular tourist ...
[7] [8] [9] Alternatively, given the Roman attire of the soldiers, it may reflect the founding of the ancient Roman Acqua Alessandrina by emperor Septimius Severus; the imagery would lead to having the feat of the aqueduct being compared to the achievements of ancient Rome, or as an example of the restoration of the former glory of the city ...
Tomb of the Italian Unknown Soldier, under the statue of Roma, at Altare della Patria, Rome. Above it can be seen the equestrian statue of Victor Emmanuel II of Savoy, the first king of a unified Italy. In ancient Roman religion, Roma was a female deity who personified the city of Rome and, more broadly, the Roman state. [1]
Roma Caput Mundi is a Latin phrase taken to mean "Rome capital of the world" and "Roma capitale del mondo" in Italian (literally: "head of the world"). [6] It originates out of a classical European understanding of the known world: Europe, North Africa, and Southwest Asia.