Definition of "Rome"

When could they say (till now) that talk'd of Rome,That her wide Walles incompast but one man?Now is it Rome indeed, and Roome enoughWhen there is in it but one onely man.

1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act I, scene ii], line 157

Within the last thirty weeks I have heard the word Rome pronounced Room by several old-fashioned people in the north of Ireland, some of my own relations among the number. On remonstrating with one of these, she said, "It was always Room when I was at school (say about 1830), and I am too old to change it now."

1866 December 8, 'Filius Ecclesiæ', Notes & Queries, "Rome:Room", 456 1

At first, Berlin tried to amend the agreement to restore a German trade surplus, but Rome refused.

2016, Per Tiedtke, chapter 2, in Germany, Italy and the International Economy 1929–1936: Co-operation or Rivalries at Times of Crisis?‎, Europe: Tectum Verlag, page 99

These that suruiue, let Rome reward with loue.

c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act I, scene i], line 82

Learning and Rome alike in Empire grew,And Arts still follow'd where her Eagles flew;From the same Foes [viz., Tyranny and Superstition], at last, both felt their Doom,And the same Age saw Learning fall, and Rome.

1709, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: […] W. Lewis […], published 1711, page 39

A wife's dishonour unking'd Rome for ever.

1821, Lord Byron, Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice. An Historical Tragedy, in Five Acts. […], London: John Murray, […], Act V, scene i, page 149

The wych you perauenture wyl impute to thys defectyon from Rome.

1537 January 26, T. Starkey, letter

Winch. Rome shall remedie thisWarw. Roame thither then.

1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act III, scene ii]

King Iohn hath reconcil'd Himselfe to Rome.

c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act V, scene ii], line 7