Silly Question why is it Called Ancient Rome and not ancient italy?

Answer 1

During the time of the Roman era the actual borders of Rome stretched much farther than what we call Italy now. The Romans conquered land and people as far west as Britain and as far east as Constantinople.

Answer 2

History teacher here...

Rome was the most powerful city in Italy then. Italy is a boot-shaped peninsula.

You can't refer to Ancient Italy because Rome was the most dominating city. If we refer to the word Ancient Italy, then all the cities in Italy would be strong and had a great civilization just like what Rome had established.

Cities has to be established first where they have a culture then into civilizations then an empire.

Thus, we call it Roman Empire not Italian Empire.

Answer 3

Italy was not a unified country (as we know it ) until the late 1800's. Before that, it was a mosaic of kingdoms, duchys, city states, papal states, and principalities. Among them was the city state of Rome, which had enjoyed status as an independent state (off and on) since it's inception.

The italian peninsula has always been a pretty dynamic place politically. The father of modern Italy is considered by many to be Guiseppe Garibaldi, an interesting character in his own right, who was one of the driving forces for the unification of Italy throughout the 19th century.

In 1862, Garibaldi led an expedition against Rome to bring it into the fold of the Kingdom of Italy. Rome at that time was an independent state that lived under French protection. In 1871, Rome finally fell, and became the capital of the newly unified Italy.

Answer 4

Because there was no such thing as Italy back then. The concept of "Italy" did not begin to grow until the Renaissance, and did not become any sort of reality until the 19th century union of the Italian states. You may as well ask "Why were the native americans not called the United States of America?"

Answer 5

Ancient Rome refers to all of the territories that the Romans had conquered, not just the Italian peninsula where Romans originated. It was called "Rome" simply because the city of Rome itself was the adminstrative, cultural, and economic center of the entire Roman world.

Answer 6

Rome is only a part of Itally not the whole thing. Anyway doesn't ROme sound more powerful than Italy?

Answer 7

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Answer 8

because it wasn't Italy yet-- for your information, the country that we now know as Italy was united in 1870.

and Rome was a huge empire that existed from the 9th century bc until it's fall in the 5th century ad

Answer 9

Italy is a patchwork quilt of so-called "Italians."
I am an Italian-American. I have a cousin who is from Rome. God forbid you shopuld call her "Italian." Shew always corrects me and says "I am not Italian. I am Roman!"

And if you get to talking with Italian-Americans, we always start "breaking down" our "Italian-ness." As an example, I have Piedmontese, Neopolitan and Sicilian blood. I have a friend who is proud of being from Bari. Another friend makes a point of calling himself Northern Italian.

It's like the US or the UK. Both have different regions that have distinct personalities of their own.

Answer 10

Because Rome is a city and Italy is a country? When you talk about Rome its a specific place, not a whole region.