29^th International Conference on Psychiatry, Mental Disorders & Psychosomatic Medicine July 19-20, 2023 Rome, Italy

Romance language The historic city of Roma serves as the provincial, regional, and national capitals of Italy as well as the Lazio region. Rome is situated on the Tiber River in the centre of the Italian peninsula, roughly 24 kilometres (15 miles) inland from the Tyrrhenian Sea. Rome is known as the Eternal City because it is still the seat of the Roman Catholic Church, a political and religious hub, and a monument to the imaginative imagination of the past. Rome was once the capital of an ancient republic and empire whose armies and polity defined the Western world in antiquity and left seemingly indelible imprints afterward.

 

Rome ruled over the course of every known European civilization for well over a century before crumbling and falling into decay. Rome remained a world power—as an idea—despite being physically deformed, economically immobilised, politically senile, and militarily helpless by the late Middle Ages. Rome's influence as a teacher, builder, and maker of laws persisted across Europe. Rome knew splendour as the birthplace of Christianity, and despite the often dangerous circumstances of the popes from the sixth to the fifteenth centuries, it gradually regained its authority and wealth and recreated itself as a centre of art, culture, and beauty.

 

The ongoing conflict between the political and spiritual sway of the Italian state capital is reflected in Rome's modern history. Rome was the last city-state to join a single Italy, and it only did so under pressure following the Italian troops' invasion in 1870. The pope then sought refuge in the Vatican. Italy's capital was moved to Rome (despite protests from Florence, which had served in that capacity since 1865), and the new government crammed the city with offices and barracks.