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In 1515, the town was burnt in a battle between the Duke of Gelre and the Duke of Saksen.
It was laid out in July 1908 and so named with reference to Rom.
The only plan ever to be carried out was the construction of a causeway from the Frisian Holwerd to Ameland, in 1872, which was not very successful.