The Trojan war was one of the bloodiest war in the history of Rome. The Trojan war took place in Troy. Rome is one of the largest countries in the world. Beginning in the eighth century B.C., Ancient Rome grew from a small town on central Italy’s Tiber River into an empire that at its peak encompassed most of continental Europe, Britain, much of western Asia, northern Africa and the Mediterranean islands. Among the many legacies of Roman dominance are the widespread use of the Romance languages. (Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian)