Palatium

One of the seven hills of Rome
Latin name	Collis Palatinus
Italian name	Palatino
Rione	Campitelli
Buildings	Flavian Palace
People	Cicero, Augustus, Tiberius, Domitian
Events	Finding of Romulus and Remus
Ancient Roman religion	Temple of Apollo Palatinus, Temple of Cybele, Lupercalia, Secular Games
Mythological figures	Romulus and Remus, Faustulus

The Palatine Hill (/ˈpælətaɪn/; Latin: Collis Palatium or Mons Palatinus; Italian: Palatino [palaˈtiːno]) is the centremost of the Seven Hills of Rome and is one of the most ancient parts of the city. It stands 40 metres above the Roman Forum, looking down upon it on one side, and upon the Circus Maximus on the other.

From the time of Augustus Imperial palaces were built here and hence it became the etymological origin of the word palace and its cognates in other languages (Italian palazzo, French palais, German Palast, Czech palác, etc.).

According to Livy (59 BC – AD 17) the Palatine hill got its name from the Arcadian settlement of Pallantium. More likely, it is derived from the noun palātum "palate"; Ennius uses it once for the "heaven", and it may be connected with the Etruscan word for sky, falad.

The term palace itself stems from Palatium.

According to Roman mythology, the Palatine Hill was the location of the cave, known as the Lupercal, where Romulus and Remus were found by the she-wolf Lupa that kept them alive.

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