ROME THE COMPLETE SEASON 1-2:

CITY(POP,2001 PRELIM:2,459,776),CAPITAL OF ITALY.IT IS SITUATED ON THE TIBERRIVER IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTRY.THE HISTORICAL SITE OF ROME ON ITS SEVEN HILLS WAS OCCUPIED AS EARLY AS THE BRONZE AGE(C.1500 BC),AND THE CITY WAS POLITICALLY UNIFIED BY THE EARLY 6TH CENTURY BC.IT BECAME THE CAPITAL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE(REE ROMAN REPUBLIC AND EMPIRE).THE ROMANS GRADUALLY CONQUERED THE ITALIAN PENINSULA(SEE ETRUSCAN),EXTENDED THEIRDOMINION OVER THE ENTIRE MEDITERRAN EAN BASIN(SEE PUNIC WARS),AND EXPANDED THEIR EMPIRE INTO CONTINENTAL EUROPE.