Find an interesting fact about Roma (Rome) and post it in the comments.
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Rome Wasn't Built in a day. haha
In 64 A.D, Rome was destroyed by a large fire and had to be rebuilt from scratch.
Source:
http://library.thinkquest.org
Rome is so old that today it is know as 'the eternal city'.
source:
http://www.roman-empire.net/children/history.html
98% of the population is Roman Catholic.
http://www.rome.info/facts/
Young Roman boys, despite their parents, would hang around Gladiator schools and even take some lessons from there.^^
http://abacus.bates.edu/~mimber/Rciv/gladiator.htm
"Romans" is the root word of "Romance," but in ancient Rome, marriage wasn't pronounced in a ceremony or even leagally recorded; a couple was recognized to be married when a man and women agreed to live together, or when a woman's father paid the man's father the right amount of money (or sheep, or pigs... a dowery).
Source: http://www.forbeginners.info/rome/facts-trivia/
The traditional, mythical date of Rome's birth is April 21, 753 B.C.E.
Source: http://www.factsmonk.com/Facts_about_Rome_Italy
After the unification of Italy in 1870, Rome was named the country's capital, and its true growth took place. http://www.forbeginners.info/rome/history/
Rome is the capital of Italy and also the biggest city there. It is said to be found by Romulus is 750 B.C.
Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Rome
oopsy somone already posted part of my postso:
Rome is the capital of Italy and also the biggest city.
Sourhttp://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Romece:
the vatican which is in the center of rome is its own country.
my source was my step dad
In Ancient Rome, slaves made up 40% of the population.
Source:
http://www.hadrians.com/rome/romans/sources/ancient_rome_facts.html
A little over a century ago, Rome's population was around 226,000 in 1870, and it was considered "quiet" compared what it is today. The population was estimated to be around 2,553,873 people in 2005.
"Rome (Italy)." Microsoft® Student 2008 Redmond, WA: Microsoft Corporation, 2007.
Rome was build between the year 1885 and 1911.
In second century A.D the Romans were producing glass bottles at a rate that wasn't seen in the civilized world agian for more than a thousand years.
Source:
http://www.forbeginners.info/rome/facts-trivia/
the name rome is thought to have come from the etruscan language
In the Vatican City St. Peters Cathedral is built above Peters tomb.
My source for above is:
http://www.rome.info/facts/
Slaves in Ancient Rome made up to 40% of the population. =]]
http://www.hadrians.com/rome/romans/sources/ancient_rome_facts.html
The thermometer is an Italian invention.
http://www.lifeinitaly.com/potpourri/fun-facts.asp
The thermometer is an Italian invention.
http://www.lifeinitaly.com/potpourri/fun-facts.asp
Rome is built on the hill called Palatine, which is one of seven hills that are located past the Tiber River. Palatine was also one of four large regions that Rome was divided into. This was back in 5th century B.C.
Source:
http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_rome/cities.htm
And this is Maria Goodfellow from 2nd period Italian
Rome was one of the few major cities to escape World War Two.
A Italian writer wrote the famous book "Pinocchio".
The population of rome created a dialect called Romanesco and was used during the middle ages in southern Italy.
source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome#Language
Vespasian built the coliseum in Rome.
My source was my sister :D
There is a city called Rome on every continent.
My source is
http://ioframe.com/funny_facts
in the rome collasium they filled it with water and had wars with their battleship =p
source: memory from a book haha
The first recognized king of Rome
was Romulus.
Source:
www.roman-empire.net
Women in Rome dyed their hair with goat fat and beech wood ashes.
I got my information from www.afa.org
The Roman army was well organized. Each main section of the army was called a legend. A group of eight soldiers shared a tent and ate together. This group of eight was called a contubernium.
I got my info from...
http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_rome/soldiers.htm
When the apostle Paul was in Corinth about to visit Rome he wrote a letter to the church in Rome in about 57 AD. The letter is now part of the Bible.
true images sludy bible
The Province area of Rome is about 2,066 square miles large.
-http://www.aviewoncities.com/rome/romefacts.htm
the original language of rome is latin. the official language today is Italian....!!??
Romes Patron saints are Saint Peter and Saint Paul
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome
While "romans" is actually the root word for "romance", there wasn't a lot of it in Ancient Rome when it came to marriage. There was no one to conduct the ceremony, and no legal register of it.
A marriage was recognized when a man and woman agreed to live together, or when there was evidence of a dowry having been paid.
Divorce was a lot simpler, though. You just packed up your togas and left. ha
Rome is the capital of the city and is the largest city.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/roma"
that Rome was estaablished by Romuls and Remus
The Region of Rome is Lazio.
http://www.aviewoncities.com/rome/romefacts.htm
Ancient Rome's biggest Colosseum, The Circus Maximus had seating for 250,000 Romans.
http://www.hadrians.com/rome/romans/sources/ancient_rome_facts.html
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