Talk:Rome

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Rome article. This is not a forum for general discussion of the subject of the article.

Add new text under old text. New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help. Start a new topic Assume good faith Be polite and avoid personal attacks Be welcoming to newcomers Seek dispute resolution if needed Article policies Neutral point of view No original research Verifiability

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Archives (index): 1, 2, 3Auto-archiving period: 3 months

This article is written in British English, which has its own spelling conventions (colour, travelled, centre, defence, artefact, analyse) and some terms may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

This  level-3 vital article is rated B-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects:

Cities: Core / National capitals This article is within the scope of WikiProject Cities, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of cities, towns and various other settlements on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.CitiesWikipedia:WikiProject CitiesTemplate:WikiProject CitiesWikiProject Cities This article is on the project's core list. This article is supported by the project's national capital taskforce. Italy Top‑importance This article is within the scope of WikiProject Italy, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Italy on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.ItalyWikipedia:WikiProject ItalyTemplate:WikiProject ItalyItaly Top This article has been rated as Top-importance on the project's importance scale. Rome Top‑importance This article is within the scope of WikiProject Rome, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the city of Rome and ancient Roman history on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.RomeWikipedia:WikiProject RomeTemplate:WikiProject RomeRome Top This article has been rated as Top-importance on the project's importance scale. World Heritage Sites Top‑importance This article is within the scope of WikiProject World Heritage Sites, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of World Heritage Sites on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.World Heritage SitesWikipedia:WikiProject World Heritage SitesTemplate:WikiProject World Heritage SitesWorld Heritage Sites Top This article has been rated as Top-importance on the project's importance scale. Olympics Mid‑importance This article is within the scope of WikiProject Olympics, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Olympics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.OlympicsWikipedia:WikiProject OlympicsTemplate:WikiProject OlympicsOlympics Mid This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale. Classical Greece and Rome Mid‑importance This article is within the scope of WikiProject Classical Greece and Rome, a group of contributors interested in Wikipedia's articles on classics. If you would like to join the WikiProject or learn how to contribute, please see our project page. If you need assistance from a classicist, please see our talk page.Classical Greece and RomeWikipedia:WikiProject Classical Greece and RomeTemplate:WikiProject Classical Greece and RomeClassical Greece and Rome Mid This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale. Greece: Byzantine Mid‑importance This article is within the scope of WikiProject Greece, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Greek history on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.GreeceWikipedia:WikiProject GreeceTemplate:WikiProject GreeceGreece Mid This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale. This article is supported by the Byzantine world task force.

Article milestones Date Process Result March 27, 2006 Peer review Reviewed
	This article was on the Article Collaboration and Improvement Drive for the week of May 7, 2006.

Regarding the following text: "Vatican City (the smallest country in the world) is an independent country inside the city boundaries of Rome, the only existing example of a country within a city. "

The Sovereign Order of Malta is a country within Rome as well although it holds no territory. Should this be mentioned in the article? 87.244.235.173 (talk) 22:10, 22 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

While the Sovereign Military Order of Malta is sometimes regarded as a "sovereign entity", that does not necessarily make it a "country". It certainly does not meet all of the criteria of the Montevideo Convention. Please also note that the Sovereign Military Order of Malta is already mentioned in the 'International relations' section of the article. Donald Albury 23:08, 22 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

I dunno no ~2026-33516-26 (talk) 04:45, 6 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Rome is named after Estella Rome a girl who is immortal and still alive to this day — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2405:6E00:2651:9B55:5447:657B:2977:7747 (talk) 01:10, 22 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

I can find no sources on this lol, please cite if this is true. I assume this is/was just a troll talk and edit ImpJulianus (talk) 12:10, 23 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

The chronological order is out, with events in the Empire era being discussed in the Middle Ages. Plus there are few too many sentences on things about Roman history that doesn't include Rome itself. I'm not an expert though, the people who wrote the other sections could do a better job of writting it than me. 94.156.31.70 (talk) 01:46, 15 March 2025 (UTC)Reply

This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= parameter to no to reactivate your request.

The record high temperature for July in Rome is wrong in the table. It’s not 39.7, but 42.9, as it is written in the text just above the same table. 185.203.126.54 (talk) 07:19, 28 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

 Not done: The current value of 39.7 is supported by the table's source (for the same date as the text). And the source for the text above is no longer working. meamemg (talk) 14:31, 28 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= parameter to no to reactivate your request.

Change the last sentence of the caption of the first map of the infobox from “The white spot in the centre is Vatican City.” to just “The spot in the centre is Vatican City.”, or edit the map image so that the spot is white instead of transparent. In dark mode, the current caption is incorrect and potentially confusing. ~2026-31900-38 (talk) 20:37, 29 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

 Done Removed "white". Day Creature (talk) 21:11, 29 May 2026 (UTC)Reply