Ancient Rome - one of the leading civilizations of the ancient world, the greatest state of antiquity, got its name from the main town (Roma - Rome), in turn, named after the legendary founder - Romulus. The center of Rome was formed within the Everglades, ogranichennoyKapitoliem, Palatine and Quirinale. Certain influence on the development of Roman civilization had a culture of the Etruscans and the Greeks. Pick your power of Ancient Rome reached in the II century BC. e., when the space was under its control from the north of England today doEfiopii the south and Iran to the east to Portugal in the west. The modern world Ancient Rome gave the Roman law, certain architectural forms and solutions (for example, the arch and the dome) and a host of other innovations (eg, wheeled water mills). Christianity, as a religion, was born on the territory of the Roman Empire. The official language of the Roman state was Latin. Religion for most of the period of existence was polytheistic, the unofficial emblem of the Empire was the golden eagle (aquila), after the adoption of Christianity appeared Labarum (flag, set by the Emperor Constantine for his troops) with chrism (the monogram of Jesus Christ - the crossed letters Chi and Rho).
