Was ancient Rome a city or a country?

Question

Was ancient Rome a city or a country?

Answer 1

It was a city that became an empire!

Answer 2

Both; it was a city-state.

Vatican City continues in that tradition -- except that it is a country that is a subset of a city.  Which I guess makes it a neighborhood-state or a suburb-state. };)

Answer 3

Rome was a city. The Roman Empire was a "country." Sometimes, however, Rome is used synonymously with the Roman Empire.

Answer 4

it was a city state.

Answer 5

Rome was a city. But in the old days, cities ruled their surrounding areas. Eventually, Rome expanded their rule by conquering the same people that ruled them, as well as others.

For more info;

http://www.roman-empire.net/army/army.ht...

http://www.crystalinks.com/rome.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rom...

Answer 6

republic and then empire...

Answer 7

I always thought it was an ancient city in Italy, or middle east

Answer 8

Rome was a city and it goverend the Ancient Roman Empire which was countries and part of countries.

Answer 9

It was a city-state that controlled an empire

Answer 10

I'd have to go with the city answer because countries as we know them came later.

Answer 11

It was an empire!

Answer 12

at the age of roman empire, rome was a city as actually is...the "caput mundi" (capital of the world).

Answer 13

It started as a City-State, and it grew up to be the greatest Empire the world has seen.

Answer 14

Rome itself was a city, the Roman Empire covered a good portion of the world at that time.