Palatine Hill
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Palatine Hill (Latin: Palatium) also named the Sun Hill was the hill that Rome was built on. Rome later extended to include the seven hills:
- Palatine
- Aventine
- Capitoline
- Quirinal
- Viminal
- Esquiline
- Caelian
[edit] Etymology
According to Livy (59 BC – 17) the Palatine hill got its name from the Arcadian settlement of Pallantium. The term palace itself stems from Palatium.
