Rome

Rome

the capital of Italy and of the Lazio region, situated on the River Tiber about 25 km (16 miles) inland; pop. 2,791,350. Italian name Roma
罗马（意大利首都，拉齐奥区首府，位于台伯河畔，距海约25公里，即16英里；人口 2,791,350；。意大利语名 Roma）
■used allusively to refer to the Roman Catholic Church
天主教会，罗马公教
According to tradition the ancient city was founded by Romulus (after whom it is named) in 753 BC on the Palatine Hill; as it grew it spread to the other six hills of Rome (Aventine, Caelian, Capitoline, Esquiline, and Quirinal). Rome was ruled by kings until the expulsion of Tarquinius Superbus in 510 BC led to the establishment of the Roman Republic and the begining of the Roman Empire. suppressed?> By the time of the empire's fall the city was overshadowed politically by Constantinople, but emerged as the seat of the papacy and as the spiritual capital of Western Christianity. In the 14th and 15th centuries Rome became a centre of the Renaissance. It remained under papal control, forming part of the Papal States, until 1871, when it was made the capital of a unified Italy

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all roads lead to Rome

(proverb)there are many different ways of reaching the same goal or conclusion
(谚)条条大路通罗马；殊途同归

Rome was not built in a day

(proverb)a complex task is bound to take a long time and should not be rushed
(谚)罗马城不是一天建成的；伟业非一日可成

when in Rome (do as the Romans do)

(proverb)when abroad or in an unfamiliar environment you should adopt the customs or behaviour of those around you
(谚)入国问禁，入乡随俗

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