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[87] [88] One story told how Romos, a son of Odysseus and Circe, was the one who founded Rome. [89] Martin P. Nilsson speculates that this older story was becoming a bit embarrassing as Rome became more powerful and tensions with the Greeks grew. Being descendants of the Greeks was no longer preferable, so the Romans settled on the Trojan ...
[3] [4] Rome was founded as a kingdom in 753 BC and became a republic in 509 BC. The Roman Republic then unified Italy forming a confederation of the Italic peoples and rose to dominate Western Europe, Northern Africa, and the Near East.
Rome was founded. According to Roman legend, Romulus was the founder and first king of Rome, beginning the Roman Kingdom. 720 BC: The first Greek colony of Magna Graecia in mainland Italy, Kyme, is founded. [1] 715 BC: Numa Pompilius became the second King of Rome. 706 BC: Spartan immigrants found the colony of Taranto in Magna Graecia ...
One week after entering Rome, the Italian troops had taken the entire city save for the Apostolic Palace; the inhabitants of the city then voted to join Italy. [90] On 1 July 1871, Rome became the official capital of united Italy and from then until June 1929 the popes had no temporal power.
1377 - The Papacy returns to Rome with Pope Gregory XI. 1409 - 1415 - For a short while, the Papacy moves over to Pisa. 1417 - The Great Schism of the 14th century is ended by Pope Martin V; 1444 - Bramante is born. 1452 - Old St. Peter's Basilica is demolished and a new one is begun. 1475 - Michelangelo Buonarroti is born. 1483 - Raphael is born.
Sapienza University of Rome. It was founded in 1303 and is as such one of the world's oldest universities, [177] and with 122,000 students, it is the largest university in Europe. [178] Rome is a nationwide and major international centre for higher education, containing numerous academies, colleges and universities.
1,000th Anniversary of the City of Rome 1037: AD 284: Diocletian became Roman emperor, starting the Dominate: 1229: AD 476: Fall of the Western Roman Empire to the armies of Odoacer: 1246: AD 493: Establishment of the Ostrogothic Kingdom: 1306: AD 553: Italy under Eastern Roman control: 1507: AD 754: Foundation of the Papal States: 1553: AD 800 ...
History of Rome. Founding of Rome; Kingdom of Rome. Kings of Rome; Roman expansion in Italy from 500 BC to 218 BC through the Latin War (light red), Samnite Wars (pink/orange), Pyrrhic War (beige), and First and Second Punic War (yellow and green). Cisalpine Gaul (238-146 BC) and Alpine valleys (16-7 BC) were later added.