structures related to funeral practices began to appear in some areas, such as ossuaries and burial mounds. In some of these structures, a large number of people were placed to indicate a fairly egalitarian social organization. On the contrary, in other areas, burial mounds are reserved for a smaller number of people, indicating a certain degree of state differentiation between people.
It was declared an open city on 14 August 1943. Rome became the capital of the Italian Republic (established in 1946). With a population of 4.4 million (as of 2015; 2.9 million within city limits), it is the largest city in Italy.
