ancient land Ancient Rome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Ancient_Rome https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1747689 Roman civilization from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, encompassing the Roman Kingdom (753 BC–509 BC), Roman Republic (509 BC–27 BC) and Roman Empire (27 BC–476 AD) until the fall of the western empire. ancient Rome Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work, Vol. 1 Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender