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Latium is the region of central western Italy in which the city of Rome was founded, the capital city of the Roman Empire. The wide, flat region lends its name to Latin.
Latium, Enric Serra Auqué, 1888. Biblioteca Museu Víctor Balaguer
Bust of Augustus wearing the Civic Crown. Glyptothek, Munich
Lazio
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Lazio or Latium is one of the 20 administrative regions of Italy. Situated in the central peninsular section of the country, it has 5,709,444 inhabitants and a GDP of more than €212 billion per year,
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…adiectum), up to the ancient Oscan city of Casinum, defined by Strabo as "the last city of the Latins". The modern descendant, the Italian Regione of Lazio, also called Latium in Latin, and occasionally in modern English, is somewhat larger still, though less than twice the size of Latium vetus et adiectum…
The Appian Way (Via Appia), a road connecting Ancient Rome to the southern parts of Italy, remains usable even today.
Panoramic view of Rome from St. Peter's Basilica (Vatican City)
Panorama of the Aniene Valley
The Circeo National Park seen from Sabaudia beach