Rome's Geographic Location: Seven Hills on the Tiber River

Rome is located in central Italy on the Italian Peninsula, along the Tiber River (~25 km / 16 mi inland from the Tyrrhenian Sea).

The historic center spans seven hills on both banks of the Tiber:

• Aventine
• Caelian
• Capitoline
• Esquiline
• Palatine
• Quirinal
• Viminal

This topography shaped Rome's early development and defense.