Latium
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Latium (Laitin: Lătĭŭm [ˈlatiʊ̃]) is the region o central wastren Italy in which the ceety o Roum wis foondit an grew tae be the caipital ceety o the Roman Empire. Latium wis oreeginally a smaw triangle o growthie, volcanic soil on which residit the tribe o the Latins. It wis locatit on the left bank (east an sooth) o the Tiber river, extendin northwaird tae the Anio river (a left-bank tributar o the Tiber) an sootheastwaird tae the Pomptina Palus (Pontine Marshes, nou the Pontine Fields) as far sooth as the Circeian promontory.[1] The richt bank o the Tiber wis occupee'd bi the Etruscan ceety o Veii, an the ither borders wur occupeed bi Italic tribes. Subsequently Roum defeatit Veii an then its Italic neebours, expandin Latium tae the Apennine Muntains in the northeast an tae the opposite end o the mairsh in the sootheast. The modren stryndant, the Italian Regione o Lazio, crie Latium in Laitin an aw, an occasionally in modren Inglis, is somewha lairger still, but no as hitnle as double the oreeginal Latium.
The auncient leid o the Laitins, the tribesmen who occupeed Latium, wis tae become the immediate predecessor o the Auld Laitin leid, ancestor o Laitin an the Romance leids. Latium haes played a important role in history awin tae its status as the host o the caipital ceety o Roum, at ane time the cultural an poleetical centre o the Roman Empire. Consequently, Latium is hame tae celebratit wirks o airt an airchitectur.