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Rome

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1st century

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the largest city in the Roman Empire

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one million people

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9th century BC

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settlement

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one part of settlement

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one of the largest settlements in the Iron Age

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subdivided into 27 smaller regions

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Palatine Hill

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Capitoline Hill

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core of power

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6th century BC

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larger than the 9th century BC

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more complicated

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larger wall

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main roads flowing into the urban area

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no more small regions

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four regions

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1st century BC

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had 14 regions

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numbered in counter clockwise order

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included area on the left bank of the Tiber

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3rd century AD

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end of Roman Empire

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Barbarians were invading

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city had to shrink

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created a new wall cutting off much of the left side of the city west of the Tiber

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in ancient times, being a city meant being blessed by the gods

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you could have only one section blessed or inaugurated by the gods

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the sacred area of the city was the Palantine Hill

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the line that enclosed sacred area was called the pomerium

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the pomerium was enlarged many times

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today, we know where at least some ancient pomeriums were by the cippi that are still present

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cippi, n. small, low pillars, square or round, commonly having an inscription, used by the ancients to indicate the distances of places or landmarks