# Roum

| Roum *Roma* |
| --- |
| **Comune** |
| *Roma Capitale* |
| Views o Roum, frae tap left clockwise: the Colosseum, the Monument tae Vittorio Emanuele II, the Castel Sant'Angelo, an aerial view o the ceety's historic centre, the dome o St. Peter's Basilica, the Trevi Foontain, the Piazza della Repubblica. |
| BannerCoat airms |
| Eik-name(s): *The Eternal Ceety, Caput Mundi, the Ceety o seven hills* |
| The territory o the comune (Roma Capitale) inside the province o Roum |
| RoumLocation o Roum in Italy |
| Coordinates: ﻿ / ﻿ |
| Kintra | Italy |
| Region | Lazio |
| Province | Roum (RM) |
| Govrenment |
|  • Mayor | Virginia Raggi (Movimento 5 Stelle) |
| Area |
|  • Total | 1285.31 km2 (496.26 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
| Population (September 2011) uh |
|  • Total | 2,777,979 |
|  • Density | 2,200/km2 (5,600/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Roman |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
|  • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 00100; 00121 tae 00199 |
| Diallin code | 06 |
| Patron saunt | Saunt Peter an Saunt Paul |
| Saunt day | 29 June |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid |

**Roum** (Italian: *Roma*, pronounced [ˈroːma] ( listen); Laitin: *Rōma*) is the caipital o Italy an the kintra's lairgest an maist populatit ceety an commune, wi ower 2.7 million residents in 1,285.3 km2 (496.3 sq mi). Roum's metropolitan aurie is the seicont lairgest in Italy (efter Milan), wi some 3.7 million residents. The ceety is locatit in the central-wastren portion o the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River athin the Lazio region o Italy.

Roum's history spans ower twa an a hauf thoosand year. It wis the caipital ceety o the Roman Kinrick, the Roman Republic an the Roman Empire, that wis the dominant pouer in Wastern Europe an the lands haein mairches wi the Mediterranean Sea for ower seiven hunder year frae the 1st century BC till the 7t century AD. Syne the 1st century AD Roum haes been the seat o the Papacy an, efter the end o Byzantine domination, in the 8t century it becam the caipital o the Papal States, that lestit till 1870. In 1871 Roum became the caipital o the Kinrick o Italy, an in 1946 that o the Italian Republic.

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## Etymologie

Aboot the oreegin o the name *Roma* several hypotheses hae been advancit. The maist important is the follaein:

* frae *Rommylos* (Romulus), son o Ascanius an foonder o the ceety;
* frae *Rumon* or *Rumen*, archaic name o Tiber. It haes the same ruit o the Greek verb ῥέω (rhèo) an o the Laitin verb *ruo*, whilk baith mean "flow";
* frae the Etruscan wird *ruma*, whase ruit is \*rum-, "teat", wi possible reference aither tae the totem wouf that adoptit an soukit the cognately named twins Romulus an Remus, or tae the shape o Palatine an Aventine hills;
* frae the Greek wird ῤώμη (rhòme), whilk means *strenth*;

## History

Accordin tae legend, Roum wis foondit on 21 Apryle 753 BC bi Romulus. He killt his twin brither namit Remus, wi whom he haed been raised bi a wouf, an became the first king o Roum. Efter Romulus, wha, amang ither things, creatit the Senate, thare wur, accordin tae legend, sax mair kings: Numa Pompilius, Tullo Ostilio, Anco Marzio, Tarquinius Priscus, Servius Tullius, an Tarquinius Superbus.

At the end o the age o monarchy, began the Republican era, in whilk Roum, bi wey o increasin expansion, facit several conflicts: in 390 BC, efter struggles wi neebourin fowks, the toun wis invadit bi Gauls an atween the third an seicont century AD, focht again the rival Carthage, whilk then wis fangit an malafoustert bi the Roman airmy.
But anerly wi Julius Caesar in the first century BC, did the ceety began tae grow significantly, inspecially taewart the Campo Marzio, at the north o Capitol, an its domain wis stendit tae Britannia. Caesar wis niver crouned emperor, a title whilk, housomeivver, fell tae his adoptit son Octavian wha teuk the throne unner the name o Augustus. Augustus "foond a ceety o bricks an left it o marble" an its predecessors wur nae less: thare wis nae emperor wha enriched its ceety wi new monuments, temples an triumphal airches.

Wi the decline o the Roman Empire, the ceety declined in importance an fell intae ruin. Pape Gregory I creatit major reforms for the fowk. The economy o the umwhile caipital wis a turnin point: we can say that frae that moment on, the ceety wis ruled bi the pape, an suin became the caipital o a state an aw, the Papal States, whilk remained active till the nineteent century. Even papes, like the emperors, became richer ower the centuries. The ceety o monuments an kirks wis cried the "caipital o Christendom", syne here stuid an still staunds the Basilica di San Giovanni Lateran, the maist important kirk o the warld. The pouer o the Pape lessened alang wi its state. In fact, on 20 September 1870, Garibaldi's airmy, whilk haed the task o unitin aw o Italy unner the croun o Savoy, entered the ceety through a breach opened in the waws at Porta Pia an, the same year, Roum became the caipital o the newborn state.

## Eddication

### University

* Niccolò Cusano University

## Sport

Roum wis the organiser o residence at the 1960 Simmer Olympics. Fitbaa is an important sport for the Romans, wi Serie A clubs AS Roma an SS Lazio is important.

## Twin touns, sister ceeties an pairtner ceeties

Column dedicatit tae Paris in 1956 near the Baths o Diocletian
Roum is syne 1956 exclusively an reciprocally twinned anerlie wi:

* Paris, Fraunce

(in French) *Seule Paris est digne de Rome; seule Rome est digne de Paris.*
(in Italian) *Solo Parigi è degna di Roma; solo Roma è degna di Parigi.*
"Anerlie Paris is worthy o Roum; anerlie Roum is worthy o Paris."
Roum's sister an pairtner ceeties are:

|  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| * Achacachi, Bolivie.
* Algiers, Algerie.
* Beijing, Cheenae.
* Belgrade, Serbie.
* Brasília, Brazil.
* Cairo, Egyp.
* Kiev, Ukraine.
 |  | * Lunnon, Unitit Kinrick.
* Mumbai, Indie.
* Madrid, Spain.
* Marbella, Spain.
* Montreal, Canadae.
* New York Ceety, Unitit States.
* Plovdiv, Bulgarie.
* New Delhi, Indie.
* Seoul, Sooth Korea.
 |  | * Sydney, Australie.
* Tirana, Albanie.
* Tokyo, Japan.
* Tongeren, Belgium.
* Tunis, Tunisie
* Multan, Pakistan
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