Rúmhoth

Rûm was the name of a great and ancient city of Men in the Great Lands , according to the early version of the legendarium in The Book of Lost Tales . It was identified with the city of Rome , being mentioned by Littleheart in the tale of the Fall of Gondolin , where he described the sack of Gondolin as being even worse than many that befell Rûm, the greatest city of Men.