Ciao / Salve
How locals say hello in Rome
Spring (AprilโJune) or Autumn (SeptโOct)
Book the Colosseum online โ queues can be 3 hours. Afternoon light is magical for photos.
Roman tradition holds that Romulus founded the city on April 21, 753 BCE, after killing his twin brother Remus in a dispute about which hill to build on โ the Palatine won. From a hilltop village, Rome became a republic, then an empire controlling 5 million square kilometres. When that empire fell, its language, law, and religion shaped every European civilisation that followed.
Rome has more obelisks than Egypt โ 13 vs Egypt's 9 remaining ones.
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