Roma was known as "Caput Mundi", that are two Latin words:

• Mundi means in the world: Romans was considering the pieces of world that they knew and practically all the lands around Mediterranean Sea.
• Caput is a more complex word: it has a double meaning. First of all it means the head: the higher part of the body; in second place it means the object that commands: an army or just a family.
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