The' Eternal City
Preserved but no longer current.
Rome. The^ epithet occurs in Ovid, Tibullus, etc., and in many official documents of the Empire; also Virgil {JEneid, i, 79) makes Jupiter tell Venus he would give to the Romans imperium sine fine (an eternal empire).
Thành Rome, tên này được sử dụng trong nhiều tài liệu chính thức của Đế quốc La Mã
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Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “The' Eternal City” mean?
Rome. The^ epithet occurs in Ovid, Tibullus, etc., and in many official documents of the Empire; also Virgil {JEneid, i, 79) makes Jupiter tell Venus he would give to the Romans imperium sine fine (an eternal empire).
Is “The' Eternal City” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.