The Geography of Rome

Geography of Rome is characterized by the Seven Hills and The Tiber River. Rome city situated on the eastern banks of river Tiber has a geographical position of 41° 54' N and 12° 29' E. Rome lies to the west of the Apennine Mountains that forms the backbone of peninsular Italy. Being close to the Tyrrhenian Sea, Rome experiences a Mediterranean climate. 

Rome is popularly called 'the city of seven hills'. These seven hills namely, Viminal, Quirinal, Palatine, Esquiline, Capitoline, Caelian, and Aventine were separated by marshy land and the River Tiber. Of these seven hills, the Caelian, Esquiline, Quirinal and Viminal hills were portions of a volcanic ridge. The Aventine, Capitoline, and Palatine hills formed the western group of hills. In ancient Rome each of the seven hills had separate walled cities. 

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Founding of Rome

                 Remus and Romulus, twin brothers that were abandoned near the Tiver River, found by a wolf, and reaised by a shepherd, were the two who founded Ancient Rome.at around 753 B.C. they decided to build a city. The twins quarreled over the wall that Romulus built, and eventually lashed out at Remus and killed him.
                Even farther back than Remus and Romulus though, the famous epic by Virgil, the Roman poet, 
have really flashed out the creation of the empire. Aeneid was the story of the great Trojan hero Aeneas. According to the lefend, him and his band of travelers, crossed the mediterranean Sea after the Greeks captured Troy. As the Trojan armies managed to reach the Tiber River, Aeneas united both Trojans and the Latins, and become what is known as the "father" of Rome.
                Historians of today are not quite sure how Rome really began. Some say that Latins lived there at about 1000 B.C. The built hurts on Rome's hills, tended herds, and grew crops.