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Input (English): Context: Ancient Rome was an Italic civilization that began on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to become one of the largest empires in the ancient world with an estimated 50 to 90 million inhabitants (roughly 20% of the world's population) and covering 5.0 million square kilometers at its height in AD 117., In ancient Rome, a gens (or ), plural gentes, was a family consisting of all those individuals who shared the same nomen and claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of a gens was called a "stirps" (plural "stirpes"). The "gens" was an important social structure at Rome and throughout Italy during the period of the Roman Republic. Much of an individual's social standing depended on the gens to which he belonged. Certain gentes were considered patrician, others plebeian, while some had both patrician and plebeian branches. The importance of membership in a gens declined considerably in imperial times., The Roman Republic was the era of ancient Roman civilization beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom, traditionally dated to 509 BC, and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire. It was during this period that Rome's control expanded from the city's immediate surroundings to hegemony over the entire Mediterranean world., Marcus Fulvius Nobilior , Roman general , a member of one of the most important families of the patrician Fulvius gens . He started his political career as curule aedile in 195 BC. When praetor ( 193 BC ) he served with distinction in Spain , and as consul in 189 BC he completely broke the power of the Aetolian League . On his return to Rome , Nobilior celebrated a triumph ( of which full details are given by Livy ) remarkable for the magnificence of the spoils exhibited . On his Aetolian campaign he was accompanied by the poet Ennius , who made the capture of Ambracia , at which he was present , the subject of one of his plays . For this Nobilior was strongly opposed by Cato the Censor , on the ground that he had compromised his dignity as a Roman general . In 179 BC he was appointed censor together with Marcus Aemilius Lepidus . He restored the temple of Hercules and the Muses in the Circus Flaminius , placed in it a list of Fasti drawn up by himself , and endeavoured to make the Roman calendar more generally known . He was a great enthusiast for Greek art and culture , and introduced many of its masterpieces into Rome , amongst them the picture of the Muses by Zeuxis from Ambracia . Fulvius was grandson of Servius Fulvius Paetinus Nobilior ( consul in 255 BC ) . He was named for his father . He had two sons , both of whom obtained the consulship : Marcus Fulvius Nobilior ( in 159 BC ) and Quintus Fulvius Nobilior ( in 153 BC ) ., Subject: marcus fulvius nobilior , Relation: country_of_citizenship, Options: (A) ancient rome (B) italy (C) roman republic
Output (English): italy