Rome

[ rohm ]

noun

1. Harold (Jacob), 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
2. Italian Roma. a city in and the capital of Italy, in the central part, on the Tiber: ancient capital of the Roman Empire; site of Vatican City, seat of authority of the Roman Catholic Church.
3. a city in central New York, east of Oneida Lake.
4. a city in northwestern Georgia.
5. the ancient Italian kingdom, republic, and empire whose capital was the city of Rome.
6. the Roman Catholic Church.
7. Roman Catholicism.

Rome

/ rəʊm /

noun

1. the capital of Italy, on the River Tiber: includes the independent state of the Vatican City; traditionally founded by Romulus on the Palatine Hill in 753 bc , later spreading to six other hills east of the Tiber; capital of the Roman Empire; a great cultural and artistic centre, esp during the Renaissance. Pop: 2 546 804 (2001) Italian nameRoma
2. the Roman Empire
3. the Roman Catholic Church or Roman Catholicism

Rome

1. Capital of Italy , largest city in the country, and seat of the Roman Catholic Church ( see Vatican City State ; see also Vatican ), located on the Tiber River in west-central Italy. Rome is one of the world's great centers of history, art, architecture, and religion.

Notes

“ All roads lead to Rome ” is a well-known proverb .

Ancient Rome is often referred to as the “City of Seven Hills” because it was built on seven hills surrounded by a line of fortifications.

Rome was proclaimed capital of Italy in 1871, after Italian forces took control of the city from the pope .

It is called the “Eternal City.”

Its landmarks include the Colosseum , the Appian Way, the Pantheon, the Forum, the Arch of Constantine, and Saint Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.

Rome was the capital of the Roman Republic (fourth century to first century b.c. ) and the Roman Empire (first century b.c. to fifth century a.d. ), whose domains, at their height, spread from Great Britain to present-day Iran and included all the lands surrounding the Mediterranean Sea .

In a.d. 800, Rome again became associated with imperial power when Charlemagne was crowned there as the first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire .

Idioms and Phrases

In addition to the idiom beginning with Rome , also see all roads lead to Rome ; fiddle while Rome burns ; when in Rome do as the Romans do .

Example Sentences

“We produce reference maps with the transportation network for logistics staff to plan their routes and see what roads they can access with what trucks,” says Thierry Crevoisier, GIS officer at WFP headquarters in Rome.

From MIT Technology Review

If you like your apocalit with a side of humor, she will have you laughing while Rome burns.

From MIT Technology Review

Reforming Italy’s byzantine electoral system, something that has been on Rome’s to-do list for years.

From Time

Brugge could overtake Lazio next Tuesday by winning in Rome.

From Washington Post

Travelling in the other direction will require a rapid test at Rome-Fiumicino.

From Fortune

ROME — What does it take for a Hollywood A-lister to get a private audience with Pope Francis?

From The Daily Beast

His books include Render unto Rome and a novel about Louisiana politics, Last of the Red Hot Poppas.

From The Daily Beast

Then he came to Rome last week with the flowers in his hand.

From The Daily Beast

In Rome, he writes, the chicken “predicted the outcome of battles.”

From The Daily Beast

The pontiff blasts the selfishness, arrogance and detachment of the cardinals in Rome.

From The Daily Beast

Claude de Vert died; he devoted much attention to the ceremonies of the church of Rome, of which he wrote a history.

From Project Gutenberg

The collection in the Academy I thought much better, but still far enough behind similar galleries in Rome.

From Project Gutenberg

Insurrectionary movements at Rome in consequence of the pope's refusal to declare war against Austria.

From Project Gutenberg

I do not think such pictures as abound in Rome could have been painted where the women were common-place and unideal.

From Project Gutenberg

I suppose I must take you down to see the old man, and then we'll go straight off to Rome, and finish the winter there.

From Project Gutenberg