Rome is about 5 times bigger than Arlington.

Arlington is approximately 248 sq km, while Rome is approximately 1,287 sq km, making Rome 419% larger than Arlington.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Arlington vs. Rome uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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