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

Andrew Norman’s “A Companion Guide to Rome,” nine movements for string trio, each an impression of a church, got a delirious performance by different groupings of Delirium Musicum in the main hall.

From Los Angeles Times

And with the affordability that he could guarantee, it was practically middle-class Americans’ democratic duty, to hear him tell it, to exercise their inalienable right to see London, Paris and Rome.

From New York Times

No wonder the figure’s three-quarter view cemented the standard for European portraiture for centuries, replacing frontal or, more often, profile poses that harkened back to classical Greece and Rome.

From Los Angeles Times

But Andrew Rome, an accountant and leading analyst in the field, said the 10 largest providers only account for 26% of all children's homes in England, with many providers being much smaller.

From BBC

Last week a Rome court ordered the transfer of seven Egyptian and Bangladeshi asylum seekers from one of the two centres to Italy.

From BBC