Ancient Rome

ローマ帝国

He was the once-great ruler of the Mediterranean, as well as the grandfather of Italy and Romano. His eyes are brown (though they were depicted as green in earlier artwork), and his hair is dark brown with two curly ahoge sticking out on both sides of his head, similar to his grandsons. He has tanned skin, but in the anime adaptation, his skin was changed to fair.
His official profile stated that he has many “stupid” grandchildren, implying that his grandchildren failed miserably to follow in his footsteps. At this time, Italy and Romano are the only two confirmed to be his kin, though some suspect that Spain, France, and others may be related as well. Ancient Rome raised Italy and called him his “favorite” grandson. The two shared a very close relationship, and when Ancient Rome eventually died, Italy was devastated and refused to become the new Roman Empire due to what had happened to his grandfather. Throughout the series, Italy refers to Ancient Rome as “Grandpa Rome” (Rome-ojiichan) and thinks very highly of him. Although he did not turn out as successful as his grandfather, Italy did manage to inherit his natural talents for trading and art, along with his charm and charisma.
Because he was busy raising Italy, Grandpa Rome remained more distant from Romano. This caused Romano to feel inferior and overshadowed by his younger brother. He also became very jealous of Italy, not only for taking their grandfather’s affection away from him, but also because Italy inherited his talents and because Romano claims that Italy looks more like Grandpa Rome in appearance than he does. Despite this, it was shown that Grandpa Rome loved and cared for them both equally, and as shown in the manga, he took the time to visit Romano from heaven, just as he did with Italy.
His close friend and guard was Germania, the Holy Roman Empire’s grandfather. Eventually, although they were inseparable at one time, the two became enemies. The entire truth behind everything that went down during this period in history remains unclear, but it is known that Germania was the one to deliver the final blow to Grandpa Rome.
He is depicted as a strong, handsome, and lively man who had so much love to spread around that he fell for both Egypt’s and Greece’s mothers at the same time. In the original manga illustrations, he was drawn as an elderly man with a small mustache, but his appearance was later changed to a much younger and nobler-looking man. His hobbies included painting, sculpture-making, music, and any other form of the arts. He loved delicious food, beautiful women, and sex. It was mentioned that whenever he saw a strong man, he overflowed with great excitement.