10 facts about Rome

1. During its history of about 3,000 centuries, Rome has been called the Eternal City more than once, but the oldest city that has always been inhabited is the city of Byblos in Lebanon, which was first mentioned 7,000 years ago.

2. At first there were very few women in Rome, and the inhabitants of Rome often kidnapped the women of the Italic tribes who lived in the neighborhood, some of whom went to the kidnappers, and the most beautiful ones to the most influential senators.

3. Rome is the only city in the world that includes the independent state of the Vatican City, which is also the smallest state in the world.

4. The first shopping center in the world was built in Rome by Emperor Trajan. It had three levels and over 150 stalls selling everything from food to spices to clothing.

5. The snake is very common in Roman designs. It was believed that the wearer of a piece of jewelry with the image of a snake should be blessed with good fortune and good fortune.

6. When another Roman emperor died, an eagle was released, which was supposed to carry the soul of the deceased emperor to heaven, because the eagle was a symbol of the main Roman god Jupiter.

7. On the opening day of the Colosseum, 5,000 animals were killed in its arena; over the entire history of the Colosseum, about half a million people and a million different animals were killed in its arena.

8. The Romans were very superstitious. They believed that the ringing of bells made childbirth easier, that seeing an owl was bad luck, and that seeing bees was good luck.

9. The Colosseum had a movable sunshade. The Colosseum took over 12 years to build, and as a result, it took 70,000 people 3 minutes to enter the structure.
10. During the reign of Emperor Hadrian, a defensive wall was built along the northern border of the empire to protect the lands of the empire from barbarian invasion. It could rival the Great Wall of China. Today his remains can be seen in several parts of Britain.