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A few facts about ancient Rome:
Ancient Rome was an ancient European civilization centered in the city of Rome.
Anciet Rome was at fist a kingdom, then a republic, and finally an Empire.
As an Empire, Rome controlled the totality of the Mediterranean Sea, from the Iberian Peninsula to the Levant and Egypt.
The Roman Empire also controlled Gaul (modern day France), Greece, Anatolia (modern day Turkey), Judaea (modern day Israel and Palestine), and the Balkans.
Latin was spoken in Rome, and several European languages come from Latin: French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian being the most important.
At the height of the Empire, in the second century CE, Rome had more than 1 million inhabitants, a population amount that no European city would reach until the 19th century.
