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Lowland stretch of the Italian peninsula,
including and surrounding the city of Rome.
Lying between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the
Sabine Hills to the NE, and the Alban Hills
to the SE, it is drained by the lower course
of the river Tiber and a number of small
streams, most of which dry up in the summer.
Prosperous in Roman times, it later became
virtually derelict through over-grazing, lack
of water, and the arrival in the area of the
malaria-carrying Anopheles mosquito.
Extensive land reclamation and drainage in
the 19th and 20th centuries restored its
usefulness.