Named For Rome, Italy. Like its European counterpart, Rome, Georgia, is built on seven hills with a river running between them County Seat of Floyd County Most People Don't Know That the bronze replica of Romulus and Remus nursing from the Capitoline Wolf in front of Rome's City Hall was a gift from Italian dictator Benito Mussolini "from Ancient Rome to New Rome" in 1929 Notable Natural Feature The Oostanaula and Etowah rivers meet in Rome to form the Coosa In History Steamboats plied the Coosa between Rome and the Gulf of Mexico via the Alabama River at Mobile Important Dates The Trail of Tears in 1838 that opened the area for white settlement Famous Sons and Daughters John Ross, Principal Chief of the United Cherokee Nation Notable Buildings The Clocktower Top Annual Events Heritage Days Best Kept Secret The walkability of downtown from Broad Street southeast to the Etowah River Don't Miss The view from top of Myrtle Hill Cemetery Nearby Berry College