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Rome

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The capital city of Italy, historically the capital of the ancient Roman Empire, and by extension a name for that empire or the Catholic Church.
"They wandered past the Colosseum on their first day in Rome."
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From Old English Rōm, ultimately from Latin Rōma; in Roman mythology, said to derive from Romulus, one of the city's legendary founders.

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