Palatine Hill

Palatine Hill (Latin: Palatium) also named the Sun Hill was the hill that Rome was built on. Rome later extended to include the seven hills:
Palatine
Aventine 
Capitoline
Quirinal 
Viminal 
Esquiline 
Caelian
 Etymology 
According to Livy (59 BC – 17) the Palatine hill got its name from the Arcadian settlement of Pallantium. The term palace itself stems from Palatium.

Category:Rome
Category:Hills of Europe