Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated municipality.

The city of Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River. Its history spans over two and a half thousand years. It was the capital city of the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, which was a major political and cultural influence in the lands bordering the Mediterranean Sea for over seven hundred years from the 1st Century BC until the 7th Century AD. Since the 2nd Century AD Rome has been the seat of the Papacy and, after the end of Byzantine domination, in the eighth century it became the capital of the Papal States, which lasted until 1870. In 1871 Rome became the capital of the Kingdom of Italy, and in 1946 that of the Italian Republic. Since 1929, it has been the site of the Vatican, an independent city-state presided over by the Pope.

Rome in In High Places
The Great Black Deaths occurred during the years when the Papacy was stationed in Avignon. While Europe was weakened by this disaster, Muslim invaders occupied all of Italy, including Rome, crushing the hopes of the Papacy to someday return there. This was one more step in Christianity's shift from Catholicism to The Second Revelation.

Rome in Worldwar
Rome was destroyed by a German atomic bomb in 1944. Pope Pius XII was killed in the explosion. At the time of its destruction, the city was occupied by the Race's Conquest Fleet.

Moishe Russie witnessed the explosion aboard a freighter bound for Palestine.

Rome in "But It Does Move"
In 1633, Galileo Galilei was summoned to Rome by Pope Urban VIII to face accusations of heresy. After being interviewed by ten different cardinals of the Roman Inquisition, Galilei was finally analyzed by Cardinal Sigismondo Gioioso.