3 facts of the roman geography?

1. Modern Rome has 280 fountains and more than 900 churches.

2. Nearly 700,000 euros worth of coins are tossed into Rome's Trevi Fountain each year ...

3. The Romans had built a road network of 53,000 miles by the early fourth century.

1) Rome was founded in 753BC by its first king, Romulus. It grew into a rich and powerful city during the next few hundred years.

2) By AD 117 the Roman Empire included the whole of Italy, all the lands around the Mediterranean and much of Europe, including England, Wales and parts of Scotland.

3) Roman legend says that Romulus had a twin brother called Remus. As babies they were abandoned in the area which later became Rome. A she-wolf found and raised them, but when they grew up, Romulus fought and killed Remus and became the first ruler of Rome!