The festival of Saturnalia was first celebrated after a temple to the Roman god Saturn was built in Rome.
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Italian Artist Caravaggio signed his first commission contract to paint the Contarelli Chapel in the French church in Rome.
Michelangelo's Pietà in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome was vandalized.
Romulus and Remus founded the city of Rome.
Pope Hilarius became the Bishop of Rome.
Terrorists attacked Rome's Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino International Airport, leaving thirty dead.
