The Eternal City celebrates its 2,776th birthday on 21 April 2023 with historical re-enactments including costumed parades past the Colosseum and gladiator fights in the Circus Maximus. Known as Natale di Roma, the annual birthday celebration is based on the legendary founding of Rome by Romulus in 753 BC.

For more than two decades Rome has marked its birthday with pageantry and workshops provided by the Gruppo Storico Romano, an historical dramatic society which brings history to life by re-enacting battles, Roman rituals and displays of ancient theatre and dance.