How did the geography determined Rome's location?

Answer 1

Geography threw a dart at a map of the earth and were the dart landed there was Rome built.

Answer 2

A key factor in determining the location of Rome was that it was a hilly area. People liked to live on hills because they were easier to defend against raids. When Romulus founded Rome, he did not build a new city. He created the Roman state by unifying the peoples of separate settlements on the Seven Hills of Rome under his rule.

The other factors helped early Rome to grow into a big city, rather than determine it slocation. Rome was on the only Ford on the river Tiber which, since it run from the mountains to the east of Rome to the coast to its west, which made her the main north-south communication in the region. Later, when Rome started getting involved in sea trade, the Tiber also provided a navigable link to the sea, which was 14 miles away (16 miles nowadays). Tuff, the volcanic rock of the area provided good building material (later peperino and travertine rock from other hills in the region were also used). When Rome begun too big to rely on its local water sources, water was brought form the abundant sources of the Apennines (the mountains to her east) by aqueducts.

Answer 3

Rome was/is located in a hilly area. It first developed from a union settlements on seven of these hills, six of which formed something like a C shape around a central hill, which made the development of a city in this area a natural process of urbanisation. People liked to live on hills because they were easier to defend from raids, which were common in those days. The hills covered quite a large area for those days. Rome was also by the only ford on the river Tiber, which made her the main north-south communication point as the river cut the area from the coast to the mountains which run along the Italian peninsula. The volcanic rock of the hills also provided good building material.

Rome's location only 16 miles from the sea did not matter for several centuries because she became a sea faring nation only in the 3rd century BC. Eventually, a massive port was built at Ostia, on the coast.

Answer 4

The location of Rome helped her in becoming a major city. ancient Rome was on the Seven Hills of Rome. People liked living on hills because they were easier to defend from raids. The hills and the valleys between them offered ample space for urban growth. This hilly area was between the Apennines (a mountain chain which runs through the Italian peninsula) and the coast. The volcanic rocks of the area gave good building material. When with population growth there was increased demand for water, the Romans build aqueducts to bring water from the sources on the nearby mountains.

Rome was on the only ford on the river Tiber, which runs east-west from the mountains to the coast. This made early Rome the main north-south communication centre in the region. The Tiber also afforded navigation to the sea, which was only 14 miles away (16 nowadays). Being inland also meant that there would not be any naval attacks. When Rome developed a thriving trade network around the Mediterranean, the Romans built a port on the coast (Ostia), by the mouth of the river. Large ships unloaded here. Goods were then transferred to smaller ships which sailed to Rome by sailing up the river.

The location of Italy was useful during Rome's imperial expansion around the Mediterranean. Italy is in the middle of this sea, between its western and eastern basins. This made it easier to control both the western and eastern Mediterranean.

Answer 5

Geography threw a dart at a map of the earth and were the dart landed there was Rome built.