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[88] [89] One story told how Romos, a son of Odysseus and Circe, was the one who founded Rome. [90] 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 ...
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.
[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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Ancient Rome, a settlement on the River Tiber in central Italy, founded in 753 BC, was ruled for 244 years by a monarchical system. In 509 BC, the Romans, favouring a government of the Senate and the People ( SPQR ), expelled the monarchy and established an oligarchic republic.