| Ancient Rome was a civilization that was founded | | | | The City of Rome was located on Seven Hills. |
| on the Italian Peninsula in the 9th century BC. The | | | | The city had many monumental structures like |
| city of Rome grew from settlements around a | | | | the Colosseum, the Forum of Trajan and the |
| fort on the river Tiber. The civilization was started | | | | Pantheon. Latin was the native language of |
| from a small agricultural community which later | | | | Romans. The Roman society was strictly |
| grew into a large empire straddling the | | | | hierarchical. Slaves were at the bottom of the |
| Mediterranean Sea. In its 12 centuries of | | | | social structure while free-born citizens were at its |
| existence, the civilization shifted from a monarchy | | | | top. Plagued by internal instability and attacked by |
| to a republic to an autocratic empire. | | | | various migrants, the Roman Empire went into |
| According to a legend, Rome was founded on | | | | decline in the 5th century AD. |
| April 21, 753 BC by Romulus and Remus. The two | | | | A large number of movie DVDs and CDs on |
| were descendants of the Trojan prince Aeneas. | | | | Ancient Roman civilization are available in the |
| Legend has it that the two were raised by a | | | | markets of the UK. Some DVDs and CDs come |
| she-wolf. Ancient Rome contributed greatly to the | | | | with features like Interactive Menus, Scene |
| development of architecture, law, art and | | | | Selections and Ask the Experts. "Lost Treasures |
| language in the Western world. Its history | | | | Of The Ancient World - Ancient Rome," "Ancient |
| continues to have a major influence on the | | | | Rome - The Rise and Fall Of An Empire," and |
| modern world. | | | | "Rome - The Eternal City," are among the popular |
| The Roman Republic was established around 509 | | | | movies that depict the ancient Roman civilization in |
| BC. The Roman Empire reached its peak in the | | | | detail. Just go through a few of them and have a |
| 2nd century, during the reign of Trajan. Its | | | | feel of the ancient Roman civilization. |
| dominion spanned about 2.5 million square miles. | | | | |