The Eternal City
Rome is Italy's capital. Famous landmarks include the Colosseum, the Pantheon and St. Peter's Basilica.
Vatican City is technically a separate country within the city of Rome.
Contrary to popular belief, it was not built in a day.
Rome in Fiction
Multimedia
- Any work of fiction set in Ancient Rome, natch.
Film
- Most Hollywood blockbusters that feature a worldwide Monumental Damage Montage will show the Colosseum, despite it being half-ruined already.
- Eurotrip
- Ocean's Twelve
- Roman Holiday, obviously.
- Bicycle Thieves
- 8½
- La Dolce Vita
- In Munich, one of the targets is killed in Rome.
- Hudson Hawk
Literature
- Jumper
- Parts of Angels & Demons
Theatre
Video Games
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood takes place almost entirely in Rome during the Borgia reign over Italy.