Rome is about 20 times bigger than Syracuse.

Syracuse is approximately 65 sq km, while Rome is approximately 1,287 sq km, making Rome 1,884% larger than Syracuse.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Syracuse vs. Rome uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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