Seven hills of Rome

The city of Rome, thus, came into being as these separate settlements acted as a group, draining the marshy valleys between them and turning them into markets (fora in Latin).

[3] In modern Rome, five of the seven hills—the Aventine, Caelian, Esquiline, Quirinal, and Viminal Hills—are now the sites of monuments, buildings, and parks.

Sheffield, Istanbul, Lisbon, Providence and the Massachusetts cities of Worcester,[4] Somerville,[5] and Newton[6] are also said to have been built on seven hills,[7] following the example of Rome.

In the Book of Revelation, the Whore of Babylon sits on "seven mountains",[8][9] often understood by Christians as the seven hills of Rome and a reference to the pagan Roman Empire.

[10][11][12][13][14] In a 2019 interview Lindsey Davis revealed her plan to set a series of books on the seven hills of Rome, now accomplished with the publication of A Capitol Death, seventh in the Flavia Albia series which began with The Ides of April, set on the Aventine Hill.