Iron Age Italy
Tides of History
The Evolution of Rome in the Bronze Age
Latium in the final Bronze Age was home to dispersed villages, often placed on defensible high points. Each village occupied a territory with a radius of 5-7 km, or around 3-4.5 miles. The future site of Rome was already more central than its neighbors and had room for growth. There were other places like Rome in Lateum, not just Rome, all of them covering a substantial but dispersed area.
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