Seven hills of Rome

The Seven Hills of Rome (Latin Septem Montes Romae ) are seven east of the Tiber lying hills of today's Italian capital Rome that were once decisive for the history of settlement and urban topography. They were surrounded BC after the destruction of the city by the Gauls 387 with the Servian Wall, which allow the urban area compared to the area marked clearly.

These are the following heights:

  • Aventine, 47 m
  • Capitol, 50 m
  • Caelius, 50 m
  • Palatine, 51 m
  • Viminal, 60 m
  • Quirinal, 61 m
  • Esquiline, 64 m

Not to the traditional seven hills include the Pincio, 54 m, the Gianicolo, 82 m, and the Vatican, 75 m, which are outside the ancient city center and only at the urban expansion under Emperor Aurelian or 847 came to Rome.

The above-mentioned seven hills are also not the same as " sette colli " on those around 1,000 BC the Latins built the first settlements: suburbanisation ( a tip of Caelius ), palatium and Germalus ( today along the Palatine Hill ), Velia and - as surveys of the Esquiline - Oppius, Cispius and Fagutal.

Other surveys in the narrow city area of ​​modern Rome are the Monte Parioli, 59 meters, Monte antenna, 64 meters, Monte Mario, 139 m, of the coming from the north pilgrims going to Rome offered a first glimpse of the city before, and the Monte Testaccio, 49 m.

  • Rome ( Ancient City )
  • Geography ( Rome)
Italy Aventine Hill Caelian Hill Viminal Hill Pincian Hill Janiculum Latins (Italic tribe) Velian Hill
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