Rome

Rome was the pre-War capital city of Italy.

Background
A city of marked significance since ancient times, its culture and historical relevance before the Great War was revealed to a young Followers of the Apocalypse member by the name of Edward Sallow by way of a set of textbooks, including The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and Commentarii de Bello Gallico.

Inspired, he began to train and conquer tribal members of the former southwestern United States and in 2247, Sallow crowned himself as Caesar, leader of the newly anointed Legion, which he deliberately patterned after the Roman Empire. In keeping with the quest to emulate Ancient Rome, Caesar pushed his armies westward, having determined that the city of New Vegas would serve as a grand enough capital to be his "Rome."

Although Caesar believed Rome was too foreign for anyone to understand or have heard of, in an attempt to repackage its historical significance and present it as his own, the ancient civilization and city within were not unilaterally forgotten. Those familiar with the true history of Rome, such as Arcade Gannon, are incredulous in the face of its use for this purpose, and staunchly opposes Caesar's "abdication of responsibility to a myth of historical inevitability" and twisting the narrative to form Caesar's worldview and justify past and subsequent actions.

Roger Maxson mentions the fall of Rome in a message to Elizabeth Taggerdy.

Appearances
Rome is mentioned in Fallout: New Vegas, its accompanying texts, and Fallout 76.