('''Lazio''' in Italian) is a region of central Italy , bordered by Tuscany , Umbria , Abruzzo , Molise , Campania and the Tyrrhenian Sea .
It comprises 5 provinces: Rome , Viterbo , Latina , Frosinone , and Rieti . The regional capital is Rome ; the current President of the Region is Piero Marrazzo (center-left, elected 2005).
- stela-'' (to spread, extend), expressing the idea of "flat land" (in contrast to the local Sabine high country). But the name may originate from an earlier, non Indo-European one. See the Online Etymological Dictionary . Since Latium is respected more as a designation for ancient Rome, it is not used as a label on maps or globes.
The Latins founded a group of small settlements that united against the Etruscans and Samnites , and which came under Roman dominance in 338 BC . Rome granted all Latins Roman citizenship after the Social War in 90 BC .
Latium has great importance for History , Art , Architecture , Archaeology , Religion , and Culture in general. The immense patrimony of the city of Rome forms only a part of the treasures spread over the hundreds of towns, villages, abbeys, churches, monuments, and other sites of the region.
- (Roma) (pop. 2,546,807), capital city of the region, and of the country
- Anzio , birthplace of Nero, site of Allied landings in World War II
- Cassino , site of famous monastery and fierce World War II battle
- Castel Gandolfo , summer residence of the Pope
- Cerveteri , site of one of the two best preserved Etruscan necropoli in Italy
- Civitavecchia , the region's principal port
- Frascati city of the wine, well known in central-western Europe
- Frosinone (pop. 45,128), capital city of the Frosinone province (pop. 477,950)
- Latina (pop. 108,711), capital city of the Latina province (pop. 489,599)
- Nettuno , site of Allied landings in the Second World War, site of the American Cemetery and Memorial, site of Saint Maria Goretti's Shrine
- Ostia , the ancient Roman port of Rome
- Rieti (pop. 41,394), capital city of the Rieti province (pop. 151,000)
- Tarquinia , site of the other of the two best preserved Etruscan necropoli in Italy
- Tivoli , site of Hadrian's Villa
- Viterbo (pop. 60,387), capital city of the Viterbo province (pop. 285,254)
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