HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Question
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Southern part of Europe on the Italian peninsula that sticks out into the Mediterranean Sea.
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Northern part of Europe on the Italian peninsula that sticks out into the Mediterranean Sea.
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Western part of Europe on the Italian peninsula that sticks out into the Mediterranean Sea.
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Eastern part of Europe on the Italian peninsula that sticks out into the Mediterranean Sea.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Rome is located in the central portion of the Italian peninsula, on the Tiber River about 15 miles (24 km) inland from the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ancient Rome was located in the middle of the Italian peninsula. A peninsula is a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides. The Italian peninsula is 150 miles wide and 600 miles long. It is surrounded by the Adriatic Sea, Ionian Sea, and Mediterranean Sea.
Detailed explanation-3: -The west coast of Italy and the islands of Sicily and Sardinia are part of the Mediterranean and are often visited on a Mediterranean cruise but they can also be explored by train, plane, or car.
Detailed explanation-4: -Southern Italy forms the lower part of the Italian “boot", containing the ankle (Campania), the toe (Calabria), the arch (Basilicata), and the heel (Apulia), Molise (north of Apulia) and Abruzzo (north of Molise) along with Sicily, removed from Calabria by the narrow Strait of Messina.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Italian peninsula consists of Italy, Vatican City and the Republic of San Marino. The Vatican City is the smallest country in Europe.