Rome was originaly a Latin vilage in the ninth century BC. It was ruled by kings at first but then the Roman Republic was established in 509 BC. After a while Rome dominated Latium and eventualy the whole Italian peninsula. The poulation of Rome was around 310,000 people. Rome soon dominated the Mediterranian and displaced Greece as the dominant regional power for the next five hundred years. At the peak of Roman power, the population was around 1.6 million people. From then Rome started to gradualy
