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Probably you have heard from the Roman mythology about the Seven Hills of Rome, situated east of the Tiber River, which form the heart of Rome. According to the myth, the original city has been founded by Romulus on the Palatine Hill (''Collis Palatinus''). The rest of the Seven Hills of Rome are the Capitoline Hill (''Collis Capitolinus''), the Aventine Hill (''Collis Aventinus''), the Esquiline Hill (''Collis Esquilinus''), the Quirinal Hill (''Collis Quirinalis''), the Caelian Hill (''Collis Caelius'') and the Viminal Hill (''Collis Viminalis''). Nowadays famous is also the Vatican Hill (''Collis Vaticanus''), located west of the Tiber but it is not one of the Seven Hills of Rome. A famous reference to the Seven Hills of Rome is the apocalyptic imagery of the Book of Revelation, where "a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names, with seven heads and ten horns" was mentioned and the angel who talked about the seven kings. This passage caused considerable hermeneutic arguments among Biblical scholars as to which city and which kings it refers. Today the Seven Hills of Rome seem very different: five of them (Aventino, Esquilino, Celio, Viminale, Quirinale) are populated areas with buildings, monuments and parks, the Campidoglio (Capitol Hill) now hosts the Municipality of Rome and the Palatino is an archaeological area.