Origins and Rise of Rome

Rome was a peninsula in southern Europe; the roman people conquered many of the territories in Italy. There is no exact date in when Rome was founded, so it is so much for the legend. Historically, Latium and Etruria were crucial in the development of Rome into an autonomous and then an independent city state, though it is not known for certain where the original Latins and Etruscans came from. The Latins who first settled on the Palatine Hill, however, had been in the region since about 1000 BC. Many modern lands were once part of the Roman Empire including Britain, Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Germany, Egypt and the north coast of Africa and their language was Latin.