Rome | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome 00:05:08 1 Etymology 00:06:29 2 History 00:06:38 2.1 Earliest history 00:08:39 2.1.1 Legend of the founding of Rome 00:09:48 2.2 Monarchy, republic, empire 00:24:50 2.3 Middle Ages 00:32:53 2.4 Early modern 00:39:02 2.5 Late modern and contemporary 00:43:20 3 Government 00:43:29 3.1 Local government 00:44:14 3.1.1 Administrative and historical subdivisions 00:46:49 3.2 Metropolitan and regional government 00:47:42 3.3 National government 00:48:25 4 Geography 00:48:34 4.1 Location 00:50:07 4.2 Topography 00:52:23 5 Climate 00:54:38 6 Demographics 00:58:44 6.1 Ethnic groups 01:00:24 7 Religion 01:03:37 7.1 Vatican City 01:05:47 7.2 Pilgrimage 01:08:59 8 Cityscape 01:09:08 8.1 Architecture 01:09:54 8.1.1 Ancient Rome 01:10:46 8.1.2 Medieval 01:11:53 8.1.3 Renaissance and Baroque 01:13:34 8.1.4 Neoclassicism 01:14:31 8.1.5 Fascist architecture 01:17:35 8.2 Parks and gardens 01:19:48 8.3 Fountains and aqueducts 01:21:36 8.4 Statues 01:23:14 8.5 Obelisks and columns 01:24:27 8.6 Bridges 01:26:10 8.7 Catacombs 01:27:13 9 Economy 01:32:29 10 Education 01:37:36 11 Culture 01:37:45 11.1 Entertainment and performing arts 01:39:42 11.2 Tourism 01:44:59 11.3 Fashion 01:45:51 11.4 Cuisine 01:48:16 11.5 Cinema 01:50:04 11.6 Language 01:54:40 12 Sports 01:58:19 13 Transport 02:05:37 14 International entities, organisations and involvement 02:09:00 15 International relations 02:09:11 15.1 Twin towns and sister cities 02:09:51 15.2 Other relationships 02:10:04 16 Documentaries 02:10:29 17 See also Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: - increases imagination and understanding - improves your listening skills - improves your own spoken accent - learn while on the move - reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio: https://assistant.google.com/services/invoke/uid/0000001a130b3f91 Other Wikipedia audio articles at: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wikipedia+tts Upload your own Wikipedia articles through: https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts Speaking Rate: 0.836666520897045 Voice name: en-GB-Wavenet-D "I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think." - Socrates SUMMARY ======= Rome (Latin and Italian: Roma [ˈroːma] (listen)) is the capital city of Italy and a special comune (named Comune di Roma Capitale). Rome also serves as the capital of the Lazio region. With 2,868,782 residents in 1,285 km2 (496.1 sq mi), it is also the country's most populated comune. It is the fourth-most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. It is the centre of the Metropolitan City of Rome, which has a population of 4.3 million residents. Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber. The Vatican City (the smallest country in the world) is an independent country inside the city boundaries of Rome, the only existing example of a country within a city: for this reason Rome has been often defined as capital of two states.Rome's history spans 28 centuries. While Roman mythology dates the founding of Rome at around 753 BC, the site has been inhabited for much longer, making it one of the oldest continuously occupied sites in Europe. The city's early population originated from a mix of Latins, Etruscans, and Sabines. Eventually, the city successively became the capital of the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, and is regarded as the birthplace of Western civilization and by some as the first ever metropolis. It was first called The Eternal City (Latin: Urbs Aeterna; Italian: La Città Eterna) by the Roman poet Tibullus in the 1st century BC, and the expression was also taken up by Ovid, Virgil, and Livy. Rome is also called the "Caput Mundi" (Capital of the World). After the fall of the Western Empire, which marked the beginning of the Middle Ages, Rome slowly fell under the political control of the Papacy, which had settled in the city since the 1st century AD, until in the 8th century it became the capital of the Papal States, which lasted until 1870. Beginning with the Renaissance, almost all the popes since Nicholas V (1447–1455) pursued over four hundred years a coherent architectural and urban programme aimed at making the city the artistic and cultural centre of the world. In this way, Rome became first one of the major centres of the Italian Renaissance, and then the ...
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome 00:05:08 1 Etymology 00:06:29 2 History 00:06:38 2.1 Earliest history 00:08:39 2.1.1 Legend of the founding of Rome 00:09:48 2.2 Monarchy, republic, empire 00:24:50 2.3 Middle Ages 00:32:53 2.4 Early modern 00:39:02 2.5 Late modern and contemporary 00:43:20 3 Government 00:43:29 3.1 Local government 00:44:14 3.1.1 Administrative and historical subdivisions 00:46:49 3.2 Metropolitan and regional government 00:47:42 3.3 National government 00:48:25 4 Geography 00:48:34 4.1 Location 00:50:07 4.2 Topography 00:52:23 5 Climate 00:54:38 6 Demographics 00:58:44 6.1 Ethnic groups 01:00:24 7 Religion 01:03:37 7.1 Vatican City 01:05:47 7.2 Pilgrimage 01:08:59 8 Cityscape 01:09:08 8.1 Architecture 01:09:54 8.1.1 Ancient Rome 01:10:46 8.1.2 Medieval 01:11:53 8.1.3 Renaissance and Baroque 01:13:34 8.1.4 Neoclassicism 01:14:31 8.1.5 Fascist architecture 01:17:35 8.2 Parks and gardens 01:19:48 8.3 Fountains and aqueducts 01:21:36 8.4 Statues 01:23:14 8.5 Obelisks and columns 01:24:27 8.6 Bridges 01:26:10 8.7 Catacombs 01:27:13 9 Economy 01:32:29 10 Education 01:37:36 11 Culture 01:37:45 11.1 Entertainment and performing arts 01:39:42 11.2 Tourism 01:44:59 11.3 Fashion 01:45:51 11.4 Cuisine 01:48:16 11.5 Cinema 01:50:04 11.6 Language 01:54:40 12 Sports 01:58:19 13 Transport 02:05:37 14 International entities, organisations and involvement 02:09:00 15 International relations 02:09:11 15.1 Twin towns and sister cities 02:09:51 15.2 Other relationships 02:10:04 16 Documentaries 02:10:29 17 See also Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: - increases imagination and understanding - improves your listening skills - improves your own spoken accent - learn while on the move - reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio: https://assistant.google.com/services/invoke/uid/0000001a130b3f91 Other Wikipedia audio articles at: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wikipedia+tts Upload your own Wikipedia articles through: https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts Speaking Rate: 0.836666520897045 Voice name: en-GB-Wavenet-D "I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think." - Socrates SUMMARY ======= Rome (Latin and Italian: Roma [ˈroːma] (listen)) is the capital city of Italy and a special comune (named Comune di Roma Capitale). Rome also serves as the capital of the Lazio region. With 2,868,782 residents in 1,285 km2 (496.1 sq mi), it is also the country's most populated comune. It is the fourth-most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. It is the centre of the Metropolitan City of Rome, which has a population of 4.3 million residents. Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber. The Vatican City (the smallest country in the world) is an independent country inside the city boundaries of Rome, the only existing example of a country within a city: for this reason Rome has been often defined as capital of two states.Rome's history spans 28 centuries. While Roman mythology dates the founding of Rome at around 753 BC, the site has been inhabited for much longer, making it one of the oldest continuously occupied sites in Europe. The city's early population originated from a mix of Latins, Etruscans, and Sabines. Eventually, the city successively became the capital of the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, and is regarded as the birthplace of Western civilization and by some as the first ever metropolis. It was first called The Eternal City (Latin: Urbs Aeterna; Italian: La Città Eterna) by the Roman poet Tibullus in the 1st century BC, and the expression was also taken up by Ovid, Virgil, and Livy. Rome is also called the "Caput Mundi" (Capital of the World). After the fall of the Western Empire, which marked the beginning of the Middle Ages, Rome slowly fell under the political control of the Papacy, which had settled in the city since the 1st century AD, until in the 8th century it became the capital of the Papal States, which lasted until 1870. Beginning with the Renaissance, almost all the popes since Nicholas V (1447–1455) pursued over four hundred years a coherent architectural and urban programme aimed at making the city the artistic and cultural centre of the world. In this way, Rome became first one of the major centres of the Italian Renaissance, and then the ...