| v> | | | | nearby originated that city on the seven hills, |
| There are a lot of monuments that we can admire | | | | however they were not the traditionally known |
| going on a few days trip to Rome. Once in a lifetime | | | | seven hills, but just some minor heights, that are the |
| even a short travel to Rome is obligatory. | | | | two of Palatine hill, the Caelian and the Velian, and |
| If you have never been in the Eternal City, the | | | | the three Esquiline west heights. |
| advice is absolutely to start booking a room in one | | | | Only from the IV century A.D., thanks to the building |
| Rome hotel, so to be able to admire with your own | | | | of the walls, built under the reign of king Servius |
| eyes so many architectural beauties to leave | | | | Tullius, an expanded city was enclosed, that |
| breathless. In this section we will talk about the | | | | contained also the other hills, that means the |
| seven hills of Rome, one of the characteristics and | | | | traditional seven hills. |
| one of the most famous tradition of this wonderful | | | | Seven is a recurrent number in the ancient roman |
| city. | | | | mythology. The Latin terms Septimontium (that |
| According to the tradition, Rome was built on seven | | | | means seven hills) was used by the ancient Romans |
| hills, all located East of the River Tiber. These seven | | | | to celebrate a religious festival in the area of the |
| hills would represent so the heart of the city. The | | | | seven hills, that would be exactly the area of Rome. |
| seven hill are the Aventine, the Capitoline, the Caelian, | | | | From the ancient time, this special festival, related to |
| the Esquiline, the Palatine, the Quirinal and the Viminal | | | | the seven hills, was created, it seems, by Numa |
| hill. These hills did have a very important role on the | | | | Pompilius, the second king of Rome after Romulus. |
| ancient roman mythology, religion and politics. | | | | This festival in practice was a long procession along |
| According to the tradition, Roma was founded by | | | | the seven hills with sacrifices to celebrate the 27 |
| Romulus on the Palatine hill. In fact, right on the top | | | | Argei’s sepulchers, that were on those hills. |
| and on the foot of this hill several finds have been | | | | According to the tradition, the Argei were the heroic |
| found, these finds could be dated back to the age of | | | | Greek princes who, arrived in Lazio following Hercules, |
| the first urban settlements. This finds can be also | | | | would have conquered the hills on which Rome would |
| easily admired at the Palatine hill museum, for | | | | have been built from the Sicels and the Liguri |
| whoever wants to sleep in Rome for some days. | | | | populations. |
| The Palatine hill area turned out to be inhabited since | | | | These are just some of the stories and legends you |
| the I millennium B.C. At the beginning there was just | | | | could live fist hand, if you will decide to spend a few |
| a small village, all surrounded by wetlands. This first | | | | days in some nice Rome apartments. Rome is a |
| urban agglomerate stayed almost unchanged for a | | | | wonderful city, at every step you could find some |
| couple of centuries, it was the so-called Roma | | | | incredible monuments and some past traces. Histories |
| Quadrata (Rome square), because of the roughly | | | | and legends on this Eternal City are countless, from |
| rhomboid shape of the top of the hill it was located | | | | its foundation up to our days, Rome has always been |
| on. The expansion, in the VIII century A.D, of the | | | | a magic city, in which everything can happen. |
| original unit and the fusion with some tribes located | | | | |