We believe that, like nowadays, how people go to church to worship God, the ancient Greeks had their own way of connecting with their great lords.
Hills have layers and layers of erosion and compacted earth with or without wildflowers, which creates the perfect peaceful template for contacting the great ones.
There are no mountain ranges in Rome itself. However, the city is surrounded by hills like the Seven Hills of Rome, which are Palatine, Aventine, Capitoline, Quirinal, Viminal, Esquiline, and Caelian. The Apennine Mountains are the closest major mountain range to Rome.
Three geographical features that contributed to the growth of Rome were the Tiber River, which provided transportation and access to the sea for trade; the seven hills, which offered natural defensive advantages; and the fertile surrounding countryside that supported agriculture and sustaining a growing population.
* Airdrie - reputed to be the highest town in Scotland, built on 7 hills similar to Rome - 6 miles Airdrie is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is in the historic county of Lanarkshire. (For more information about the ancient counties of the UK, see the historic counties page and the place types page.) The town was built on seven hills. http://uk.epodunk.com/profiles/scotland/airdrie/3001200.html
the mountains and the sea
The two major mountain ranges in Rome are the Apennines and the Alban Hills. The Apennines are a major mountain range in Italy that runs along the entire length of the Italian peninsula, including Rome. The Alban Hills are a smaller, volcanic mountain range located southeast of Rome.
Rome is not built on an island. It is built on seven hills that surround Rome.
Rome
Ancient Rome was built on seven hills.
Seven hills.
One of the seven hills Rome is built on.
Rome.
Yes, Rome is surrounded by hills, including the famous Seven Hills upon which the city was originally built: Palatine, Aventine, Capitoline, Quirinal, Viminal, Esquiline, and Caelian. While there are no mountains within the city itself, there are mountain ranges nearby, such as the Apennines.
7 hills: Capitoline, Quirinal, Viminal, Esquiline, Caelian, Aventine and Palatine.
Rome is the city on seven hills.
That's Lisbon, capital city of Portugal. Rome is also (and perhaps firstly) described as being built on seven hills.
Originally Rome was on the seven hills of Rome (the Capitoline, Palatine, Quirinal, Viminal, Esquiline, Caelian and Aventine. Over time the city expanded beyond this area and come to include other hills, such as the Pincian, the Janiculum and the Vatican.
Ancient Rome was built on seven hills, but was nowhere near the Mediterranean sea proper. Rome was/is relatively inland and its nearest sea is the Tyrrhonian sea which could be loosely called an arm of the Mediterranean.