Hi
Rome visa office sucks, you applied in Rome and you know they have 5 brilliant Italian employees. I am still waiting to get any response from them too, there are people out there which their e-cas showing IN PRO. and waiting for 8 months....one of my friends submitted there in 2009 and got visa in 2011. welcome to "Job done by Italians"
Well their posted processing time for 80% of the applications is 15 months.