CIVILIZATION
ROMAN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Yellow River
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Tiber River
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Euphrates River
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Nile River
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Detailed explanation-1: -It is 252 miles (405 km) long. Twisting in a generally southerly direction through a series of scenic gorges and broad valleys, the Tiber flows through the city of Rome and enters the Tyrrhenian Sea of the Mediterranean near Ostia Antica.
Detailed explanation-2: -According to legend, the city of Rome was founded in 753 BC on the banks of the Tiber about 25 km (16 mi) from the sea at Ostia.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Tiber was originally called Albula or Albu’la ("white” or “whitish” in Latin) supposedly because the sediment load was so white, but it was renamed Tiberis after Tiberinus, who was an Etruscan king of Alba Longa who drowned in the river.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Tiber River originates in the Apennine Mountains, in northwest Italy. It winds south across the middle of the peninsula, through Rome, and continues further south where it joins the Aniene River before emptying into the Tyrrhenian Sea on Italy’s west coast.