Rome
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Harold (Jacob), 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
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Italian Roma. a city in and the capital of Italy, in the central part, on the Tiber: ancient capital of the Roman Empire; site of Vatican City, seat of authority of the Roman Catholic Church.
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a city in central New York, east of Oneida Lake.
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a city in northwestern Georgia.
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the ancient Italian kingdom, republic, and empire whose capital was the city of Rome.
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Italian name: Roma. the capital of Italy, on the River Tiber: includes the independent state of the Vatican City; traditionally founded by Romulus on the Palatine Hill in 753 bc , later spreading to six other hills east of the Tiber; capital of the Roman Empire; a great cultural and artistic centre, esp during the Renaissance. Pop: 2 546 804 (2001)
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the Roman Empire
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the Roman Catholic Church or Roman Catholicism
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“All roads lead to Rome” is a well-known proverb.
Ancient Rome is often referred to as the “City of Seven Hills” because it was built on seven hills surrounded by a line of fortifications.
Rome was proclaimed capital of Italy in 1871, after Italian forces took control of the city from the pope.
It is called the “Eternal City.”
Its landmarks include the Colosseum, the Appian Way, the Pantheon, the Forum, the Arch of Constantine, and Saint Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.
Rome was the capital of the Roman Republic (fourth century to first century b.c.) and the Roman Empire (first century b.c. to fifth century a.d.), whose domains, at their height, spread from Great Britain to present-day Iran and included all the lands surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.
In a.d. 800, Rome again became associated with imperial power when Charlemagne was crowned there as the first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
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Published in 1860, the book follows a quartet of bohemians in Rome, two European and two American, and stands as an insightful study of our national character.
Published in 1860, the book follows a quartet of bohemians in Rome, two European and two American, and stands as an insightful study of our national character.
Hawthorne’s Rome is a city of artists who gather from all over the world to drink in the cultural dynamism bottled up in its millennia of great art.
Borthwick has pledged to raise the bar in training to prepare the group for the showdown in Rome, with a focus on sharpening their attacking edge in opposition territory.
From BBC
Leonardo is due to publish an update on its industrial plan on March 12 in Rome.
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