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The Eternal City
   is a nickname for   
Rome
Geography > City Nicknames


Italy
   has the capital   
Rome
The Romans believed that their city was founded in the year 753 BC. Modern historians though believe it was the year 625 BC.

Geography > Capitals


1960
   Summer Olympic Games were held in   
Rome
Sports & Leisure > Summer Olympic Games Cities


Ottorino Respighi
   composed   
The Pines of Rome
Music > Classical Music


Teatro Dell’Opera Di Roma
   is in   
Rome
Arts & Literature > World Opera Houses


Ottorino Respighi
   composed   
Fountains of Rome
1923-4

Music > Classical Music


Lazio
   has the capital   
Rome
Geography > Italian Regional Capitals


Harold Rome
   composed the musical   
Wish You Were Here (1952)
Music > Composers of Musicals


Rome
   is a chief town in   
Lazio
Geography > Italian Chief Towns


Curule
   means   
Applied to Curved-legged Chair Occupied by High Officials of Ancient Rome
Language > Interesting Words


Philippians
   describes   
An Epistle Written from Rome While Paul Was in Prison About Christ in Our Lives, Christ in Our Minds and Christ As Our Goal
New Testament Pauline Letters

Arts & Literature > Books of the Bible


Rome
   stands on the   
Aniene
Italy

Geography > City Rivers


Rome
   stands on the   
Tiber
Italy

Geography > City Rivers


St. Peters of Rome
   was designed by   
Giocomo Della Porta
Italian Renaissance period, 1546 to 1564 and 1590, built in the Vatican City, Italy

Misc > Architecture - Buildings


Temple of Venus and Rome
   was designed by   
Hadrian
Ancient Roman Classical Corinthian period, 123-135, built in Rome, Italy

Misc > Architecture - Buildings


Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
   was set in   
Rome
Movies > Films - Settings


John Milius
   created the television show   
Rome
Entertainment > TV Show Creators


Rome
   means   
Strength
Arts & Literature > Biblical Name Meanings


Rome Express (1932)
   starred   
Conrad Veidt and Cedric Hardwicke
Director: Walter Forde. Most of the action in the film takes place on a train travelling between Paris and Rome.

Movies > Movies of the 1930s


Gidget Goes to Rome (1963)
   starred   
James Darren, Cindy Carol and Jessie Royce Landis
Director: Paul Wendkos. Also starred Cesare Danova and Danielle De Metz.

Movies > Movies of the 1960s


Feline
   Featured   
All Roads Lead to Rome
Music > Albums - Stranglers


The Eleventh Commandment (1924)
   starred   
Fay Compton, Stewart Rome and Lillian Hall-Davis
Director: George A. Cooper. Also starred Charles Quartermaine, Jack Hobbs & Dawson Millward

Movies > Movies of the 1920s


Rome Express (1932)
   starred   
Conrad Veidt, Esther Ralston and Hugh Williams
Director: Walter Forde. Also starred Donald Calthrop, Joan Barry and Harold Huth

Movies > Movies of the 1930s


Walter Forde
   directed   
Rome Express (1932)
Movies > Directors - Narrative Feature Films


Where the Spies Are (1965)
   has the tagline   
From Russia, Bierut, London, Rome and Byblos With Love!
Movies > Movie Taglines


1924
      
Treaty of Rome
Revokes parts of the 1920 Treaty of Rapallo that created the independent Free State of Fiume; Fiume would be annexed to Italy while the town of Sušak would be assigned to Yugoslavia.

History & Mythology > Treaties and Conventions


1957
      
Treaty of Rome
Establishes the European Economic Community.

History & Mythology > Treaties and Conventions


1998
      
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
Establishes the International Criminal Court.

History & Mythology > Treaties and Conventions


Will Rogers
   said   
"Ancient Rome Declined Because It Had a Senate; Now What's Going to Happen to Us With Both a Senate and a House?"
US humourist & showman.

Language > Quotations


Book VII, Chap. XXV.
   contains the canon law concerning   
The Last Times, and of the City of Rome
Book VII - Processes

Misc > Canon Law of the Apostles


Apple
   has a variety named   
Lawspur Rome
Misc > Fruit and Vegetable Varieties


Apple
   has a variety named   
Red Rome
Misc > Fruit and Vegetable Varieties


Apple
   has a variety named   
Rome
Misc > Fruit and Vegetable Varieties


Apple
   has a variety named   
Rome Beauty
Misc > Fruit and Vegetable Varieties


Apple
   has a variety named   
Spuree Rome Stark
Misc > Fruit and Vegetable Varieties


Can Queen Victoria Eat Cold Apple Pie
   is a mnemonic for the   
Seven Hills of Rome
Capitoline, Quirinal, Viminal, Esquiline, Caelian, Aventine, Palatine

Language > Fun With Mnemonics


Rome
   is at   
41°54'N 12°29'E
Italy

Geography > Latitude and Longitude - World Cities


Tony Rome (1967)
   Frank Sinatra appeared as   
Tony Rome
Nancy Sinatra sang the title theme

Movies > Films - Frank Sinatra


Lady in Cement (1968)
   Frank Sinatra appeared as   
Tony Rome
Second appearance of Tony Rome

Movies > Films - Frank Sinatra


Emperor Octavian
   is an anagram of   
Captain over Rome
Language > Anagrams


1527
      
Sack of Rome
Considered the end of the Italian Renaissance.

History & Mythology > 16th Century Events


Jim Rome
   appeared as themselves in the film   
The Longest Yard (2005)
Jim Rome (born James Phillip Rome October 14, 1964), is an American sports radio talk show host syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks, a subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications.

Movies > Appearing as Themselves


390 BC
   saw the   
Sack of Rome
By the Gauls

History & Mythology > Battles and Sieges


410
   saw the   
Sack of Rome
Rome was attacked by the Visigoths led by Alaric I

History & Mythology > Battles and Sieges


Cumplir Una Promesa
   is translated as   
Keep a Promise
Language > English - Spanish


Romeo
   is a character in   
Romeo and Juliet
Son to Montague

Arts & Literature > Shakespeare Characters


Roman Colosseum
   is situated in   
Rome, Italy
Joy, suffering

Geography > New Seven Wonders of the World


Romeo
   and   
Juliet
Misc > Famous Pairs


William Shakespeare
   wrote   
Romeo and Juliet
Arts & Literature > Plays








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