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Ancient Rome

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Also known as Roman antiquity, Roman civilization, Roman culture, ancient Roman civilization, ancient Roman culture

country that began growing on the Italian Peninsula from the 8th century BC

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Ancient Rome is a historic civilization that began in 753 BCE. The society dissolved in 476. It is categorized under the Commons topic "Ancient Rome" and carries the OpenStreetMap tag "historic:civilization=ancient_roman."

The population of the civilization was 50,000,000. The subject is referenced by 14,613 other encyclopedia articles. In medical literature, the query "Ancient Rome" appears in 2,005 PubMed entries.

Synthesized by Vinony from 9 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, PubMed, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Research

2,005 papers

Dementia in ancient Greece and Rome.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2025Finch CE, Burstein SMDOI: 10.1177/13872877251351856
Ancient Rome: A genetic crossroads of Europe and the Mediterranean.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2019Antonio ML, Gao Z, Moots HM et al.DOI: 10.1126/science.aay6826
Ophthalmology in ancient Greece and Rome.Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia · 2017Miserachs García S, Castillo Campillo LDOI: 10.1016/j.oftal.2015.12.018
The Gladiator's Tears: Epiphora From Ancient Rome.The Journal of craniofacial surgery · 2019Galassi FM, Habicht ME, Killgrove K et al.DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000005902
Lead in ancient Rome's city waters.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2014Delile H, Blichert-Toft J, Goiran JP et al.DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1400097111
Was ancient Rome the perfect environment for zoonoses transmission?Travel medicine and infectious disease · 2020Briones V, Pérez-Sancho MDOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101740
Medicine in ancient Rome.History today · 1971Davies RW
Drinkers and alcoholics in ancient Rome.Journal of studies on alcohol · 1976Jellinek EMDOI: 10.15288/jsa.1976.37.1718

Wikidata facts

Has part: Byzantine Empire
Official name: Imperium Romanum
Demonym: Romans
Participant in: Battle of Burdigala
Continent: Afro-Eurasia
Population: 50000000
Shares border with: Sarmatia
Followed by: Byzantine Empire
Follows: culture
Image: Colosseo 2020.jpg

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Wikimedia outline: outline of ancient Rome
topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Ancient Rome
history of topic: history of ancient Rome
Commons category: Ancient Rome
category of associated people: Category:Ancient Romans
public holiday: Saturnalia
topic's main category: Category:Ancient Rome
time period: classical antiquity
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 0476-00-00
located in/on physical feature: Mediterranean Basin
OpenStreetMap tag: historic:civilization=ancient_roman
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Ancient Rome
inception: 0753-00-00
economy of topic: economy of Ancient Rome
topic has template: Template:Ancient Rome topics
indigenous to: Italian Peninsula
start time: 0753-00-00
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
has works in the collection: Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon

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