Geography of Rome

Why would Rome have been a good place to found a city?

Why would the Italian Peninsula have been a good place to start an empire?

Rome would have been a good place because its mountainous. The climate is also dry and mild which means it had a good farmland. The city is close to the Mediterranean sea which means they traded.

The Italian peninsula was a good place to start an empire because the Romans could sail to other lands, developing new trade routes.