Rome
Episcopal see · Place of martyrdom · Council site · Imperial capital
capital and largest city of Italy
Location: 41.8931, 12.4828 · Pleiades 423025
What this place is
- Imperial capital — the imperial capital until the tetrarchs left it in 286 and the western court settled at Ravenna in 402; the senate, the urban prefect and the city's name outlived the residence
Seat of
Who is recorded here
- Augustus birth · 63 BC
- Tiberius birth · 42 BC
- Silas birth · AD 1
- Anacletus birth · AD 25
- Herod Agrippa II birth · AD 27
- Titus Flavius Sabinus birth · AD 30
- Titus birth · AD 39
- Sixtus I birth · AD 42
- Domitian birth · AD 51
- Caratacus death · AD 54
- Claudius death · AD 54
- Luke the Evangelist residence · AD 60
- Mark the Evangelist residence · AD 60
- Paul the Apostle imprisonment · AD 60
- Saint Peter ministry · AD 60
- Perpetua death · AD 64
- Gallio death · AD 65
- Seneca the Younger death · AD 65
- Simon Magus death · AD 65
- Paul the Apostle death · AD 66
- Photine death · AD 66
- Nero death · AD 68
- Onesimus death · AD 68
- Pope Linus death · AD 79
- Vespasian the Younger birth · AD 88
- Anacletus death · AD 90
- Julia Flavia death · AD 91
- Titus Flavius Clemens death · AD 95
- Domitian death · AD 96
- Alexander I birth · AD 100
- Aristarchus of Thessalonica death · AD 100
- Clement of Rome birth · AD 100
- Erastus of Corinth death · AD 100
- Flavius Josephus death · AD 100
- Herod Agrippa II death · AD 100
- Mantius of Évora birth · AD 100
- Novatus birth · AD 100
- Phoebe death · AD 100
- Praxedes birth · AD 100
- Pudentiana birth · AD 100
- Saint Petronilla death · AD 100
- Saint Prisca birth · AD 100
- Saint Pudens birth · AD 100
- Titus Flavius Sabinus birth · AD 100
- Evaristus death · AD 105
- Ignatius of Antioch death · AD 108
- Ignatius of Antioch travel · AD 108
- Alexander I death · AD 116
- Marcus Aurelius birth · AD 121
- Sixtus I death · AD 126
- Telesphorus death · AD 130
- Hyginus death · AD 142
- Pius I death · AD 150
- Novatus death · AD 151
- Polycarp travel · AD 155
- Marcion of Sinope death · AD 160
- Justin Martyr death · AD 165
- Praxedes death · AD 165
- Anicetus death · AD 168
- Soter death · AD 175
and 465 more
What happened here
- Mark writes down Peter's preaching AD 45
- Claudius expels the Jews from Rome AD 49
- Andronicus and Junia greeted at Rome AD 57
- The Voyage to Rome AD 60
- Onesimus is sent back to Philemon AD 61
- Epaphroditus brings the gift and nearly dies of it AD 61
- Neronian persecution AD 64
- Martyrdom of Peter AD 64
- Martyrdom of Paul AD 64
- Domitianic persecution AD 89
- Clement writes to Corinth AD 96
- The martyrdom of Ignatius in the amphitheatre AD 108
- Hadrian tells a proconsul to require proof AD 125
- Valentinus teaches at Rome AD 140
- Marcion is expelled at Rome AD 144
- Hermas writes the Shepherd at Rome AD 145
- Polycarp and Anicetus at Rome AD 155
- Justin writes the First Apology AD 155
- Hegesippus goes up to Rome AD 155
- The martyrdom of Justin AD 165
- The Address to the Greeks AD 166
- Tatian leaves the church for the Encratites AD 172
- Hegesippus writes the five books of Memoirs AD 175
- Praxeas at Rome AD 200
- The Roman schism of Hippolytus begins AD 217
- Sabellius teaches at Rome AD 220
- The martyrdom of Cecilia AD 230
- Persecution under Maximinus Thrax AD 235
- Decian persecution AD 250
- The Novatianist schism begins AD 251
- Valerianic persecution AD 257
- The martyrdom of Lawrence AD 258
- Edict of Gallienus AD 260
- The martyrdom of Sebastian AD 287
- The martyrdom of Agnes AD 304
- Battle of the Milvian Bridge AD 312
- The Altar of Victory is removed from the Senate AD 382
- The Aventine circle AD 382
- Helvidius argues Mary had other children AD 383
- Jerome writes to Eustochium on virginity AD 384
- Jovinian denies that virginity is higher AD 390
- Pelagius teaches at Rome AD 405
- Sack of Rome by Alaric AD 410
- Prosper appeals to Rome for Augustine AD 431
- Dionysius dates the years from the Incarnation AD 525
- Lateran Council of 649 AD 649
- Coronation of Charlemagne AD 800
- Synod of Rome of 963 AD 963
In art
- The Disputation with Simon Magus and the Crucifixion of Peter — Filippino Lippi (1481)
- Rome Map — Limbourg brothers (1411)
- Story of Verginia — Filippino Lippi (1475)
- Pilgrims meet the Pope — Vittore Carpaccio (1492)
- Martyrdom of St John the Evangelist — Master of the Martyrdom of the Two Saint Johns (1525)
About the place
Rome is the capital city and most populated comune (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome.
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