ROME ROMA ROMAN REMAINS FORUM COLOSSEUM CIRCUS MAXIMUS CONSTANTINE

Rome remains influential today, as the capital of Italy and of the Catholic Church and as a major metropolis. In Roman mythology, Rome was founded on April 21, 753 BC by the twin descendants of the Trojan prince Aeneas, Romulus and Remus. The Colosseum or Coliseum, originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre (Latin: Amphitheatrum Flavium), is the largest amphitheatre built in the Roman empire.