 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Peninsula yeItaly, yainzi Italia, yakabatanidzwa kuva chinhu chimwe chete munguva yokuwedzera kweRoma nokukunda nyika itsva pamitengo yemamwe madzinza eItaly, vaEtruscan, vaCelt, uye vaGiriki. Songaniro yenguva dzose namadzinza mazhinjisa omunzvimbomo namaguta yakaumbwa, uye Roma yakavamba kukunda Western Europe, North Africa neMiddle East. Pashure pokumuka nokufa kwaJulius Caesar muzana rokutanga ramakore B.C., Roma yakakura nokufamba kwemazana emakore kuva umambo hukuru hunotambanuka kubva kuBritain kusvika kumiganhu yePersia, uye hunofukidza mupata wose weMediterranean, umo tsika dzechiGiriki nechiRoma nedzimwe tsika dzakawanda dzakabatanidzwa kuva rudzi rwomunhu rwakasiyana nedzimwe. Kutonga kwenguva refu uye kworukundo kwamambo wokutanga, Augustus, kwakatanga nhambo yendarama yorugare nokubudirira. Italy yakaramba iri guta guru reumambo, uye senyika yevaRoma nenharaunda yeguta guru, yakaramba iine chinzvimbo chakakosha chakaita kuti isava dunhu, asi Domina mutongi wemapurovhinzi. Makore anodarika mazana maviri okugarisana zvakanaka akazotevera, panguva iyo Italy yakanzi rectrix mundi mambokadzi wenyika uye omnium terrarum parens nyika yenyika dzose. 