Rome isthe capital of Italy and of its Latium region. It is lcated on the Tiber and Aniene rivers, near the Mediterranean Sea.

Rome is the largest city and comune in Italy; the comune or municipality is one of the largest in Europe with an area of 1290 square kilometers. Within the city limits, the population is about 2,546,807 and almost 4 million live in thegenral area of Rome as represented by the Province of Rome. For nearly all of Roman history, people from all over the world lived in Rome as a center of learning, trade and commerce. Many were merchants, some were slaves, some were important officials from distant colonies. The slave population was very large, and made a massive proportion were living in the city. Today, the population is very diverse, though the Italian population is still much larger than that of the immigrants. The Italian population is estimated around 80%.

Today Rome has a dynamic and diversified economy, bent on innovation, technologies, communication and tertiary, which produces 6,5% of the national GDP (more than any other city in the country) and continues to grow at higher rates than that of the rest of Italy. Tourism is one of Rome's chief industries, but the city is also a center of the banking, publishing, insurance, fashion, high-tech, housing, cinematographic and aerospace industries.

Still located in Rome are the Academia de Cecilia- the world's oldest academy of music, founded in 1584, St. John's University's Rome campus which is located at the Pontificio Oratorio San Pietro, several academies of fine arts, colleges of the church, medical and Health research instituts. Rome is commonly identified by several proper symbols, including the Colosseum, the she-wolf ( Lupa capitolina ), the imperial eagle, and the symbols of Christianity. The famous acronym SPQR recalls the ancient age and the unity between Roman Senate and Roman people. Rome is called "L'Urbe" (The City). During its long history, Rome has always had a scarcity of native inhabitants, so by tradition a "true" Roman is one whose family has lived in Rome for no less than 7 generations: this is the original "Romano de Roma"