Rome

From Turtledove

Rome is the capital city of Italy. It is also the location of the Vatican, and thus the center of the Catholic Church.

[edit] Rome in Worldwar

Rome was destroyed by a German atomic bomb in 1944. Pope Pius XII was killed in the explosion. At the time of its destruction, the city was occupied by the Race's Conquest Fleet.

Moishe Russie witnessed the explosion aboard a freighter bound for Palestine

[edit] Rome in "But It Does Move"

In 1633, Galileo Galilei was summoned to Rome by Pope Urban VIII to face accusations of heresy. After being interviewed by ten different cardinals of the Roman Inquisition, Galilei was finally analyzed by Cardinal Sigismondo Gioioso.