If the city of London has the Thames and the city of Paris has the Seine, then Rome has the Tiber. It’s name dating back before the time of the Roman Empire; the river is thought to be named after the mythical King Tiberinus who was said to have drowned in the ancient Albula river, which was subsequently renamed the Tiber. Its course flows through the Campagna and Rome in its course from Mount Fumaiolo to the Tyrrhenian Sea, which it reaches in two branches that cross the suburbs of Ostia-Isola Sacra in the south and Fiumicino in the north.

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There is another legend that says that ancient Rome's founder (a man named Romulus) and his twin brother (a man named Remus) were abandoned in its waters, where they were rescued by a she-wolf who raised them as wolves. When the boys had grown they were told of their past, and after a short bout of vengeance they set off to make a town of their own. Reportedly lead to the Palatine Hill with a view of the Tiber, Romulus decided he had found the spot, and began drawing the city’s borders with a plough. Remus crossed this holy border as a sign of its insignificance, and Romulus struck him dead. With this he reportedly declared, “Everyone who dared to offend Rome would pay with his life”. This set the pattern of slaughter and arogance that would last the span of the Roman Empire.

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