The scudo was a unit of currency in Malta under the rule of the Order of Malta. The denomitions of this currency were the following; 1,2,5,10,20. The 1 and 2 scudo coins were made of silver while the 5, 10, 20 scudi coins were made of gold. It was subdivided into 12 tari, each of 20 grani. The Order (now based in Rome) continues to issue "coins" denominated in scudi. The Knights Hospitaller (the or Knights of Malta or Knights of Rhodes) is a tradition which began as a Benedictine nursing Order founded in the 11th century based in the Holy Land, but soon became a militant Christian Chivalric Order under its own charter, and was charged with the care... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,823,807 almost 4,000,000 1...