【单选题】
Legend tells us that the city of Rome was established in 152B
C、It‘s a fact，
however， that by 100AD， Rome was the center of a vast empire. It ranged from Syria
in the east to Spain in the west. It stretched fromBritain in the north toAfrica in
the south.All or part of 27 of today’s countries were included in the RomanEmpire.
All of their people were ruled by one government， that of Rome.All educated citizens
spoke the same language， Latin.And one of the empire‘s many outposts was called
Londinium. This unimportant town would later become London，England， and the center
of another empire.
The RomanEmpire collapsed about 1，5000 years ago. Yet in some ways， it is still
with us. Take the letters you are reading fox example.English， like many other
languages， uses the Roman alphabet while also borrowing many worD、The laws of many
European countries are based on ancient Roman laws. Roman ruins are scattered
throughoutEurope，
NorthAfrica， and the MiddleEast. In some places， Roman roads and water courses
are still in use. To this day， andEuropean in NorthAfrica is likely to be called “
Roumi”—Roman.Even modern place names are often inherited from ancient Rome.Both
Greece and Germany bear the names given them by the Romans rather than the names that
their own people first called them.