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King Romulus The First King.753 to 715 BC

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King Romulus The First King.753 to 715 BC

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Romulus was the founder of Rome the myth states that him and his brother (remus) and when they were young mars tried to drown them in the river. But they were rescued by wolfs and eventually wanted to make their own city but they fought over where it should be. Eventually Romulus killed his brother and made the city him self.

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Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of Rome. Traditionally, they were the sons of Rhea Silvia, daughter of Numitor, king of Alba Longa.

Numitor had been deposed by his younger brother Amulius, who forced Rhea to become one of the Vestal Virgins (and thereby vow chastity) in order to prevent her from giving birth to potential claimants to the throne. Nevertheless, Rhea bore the twins Romulus and Remus, fathered by the war god Mars. Amulius ordered the infants drowned in the Tiber River, but the trough in which they were placed floated down the river and came to rest at the site of the future Rome, near the Ficus ruminalis, a sacred fig tree of historical times. There a she-wolf and a woodpecker-both sacred to Mars-suckled and fed them until they were found by the herdsman Faustulus.

Reared by Faustulus and his wife, Acca Larentia, the twins became leaders of a band of adventurous youths, eventually killing Amulius and restoring their grandfather to the throne. They subsequently founded a town on the site where they had been saved. When Romulus built a city wall, Remus jumped over it and was killed by his brother.

Romulus consolidated his power, and the city was named for him. He increased its population by offering asylum to fugitives and exiles. He invited the neighbouring Sabines to a festival and abducted their women. The women married their captors and intervened to prevent the Sabines from seizing the city. In accordance with a treaty drawn up between the two peoples, Romulus accepted the Sabine king Titus Tatius as his coruler. Titus Tatius's early death left Romulus sole king again, and, after a long rule, he mysteriously disappeared in a storm. Believing that he had been changed into a god, the Romans worshipped him as the deity Quirinus.

The legend of Romulus and Remus probably originated in the 4th century bce and was set down in coherent form at the end of the 3rd century bce. It contains a mixture of Greek and Roman elements. The Greeks customarily created mythical eponymous heroes to explain the origins of place-names. The story of the rape of the Sabine women was perhaps invented to explain the custom of simulated capture in the Roman marriage ceremony. By including Mars in the legend, the Romans were attempting to connect their origins with that important deity. In the early 21st century, archaeologists discovered remains from the 8th century bce of a cave, possible boundary walls, and a palace that demonstrate parallels between history and legend.

The famous bronze statue of a she-wolf now in the Capitoline Museums in Rome is believed to date to the early years of the Roman Republic (late 6th to early 5th century bce); the suckling twins were added in the 16th century ce. Some scholars, however, have claimed that the statue is from the medieval period.

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Romulus and Remus | Story, Myth, Definition, Statue, & Facts

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Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of Rome. Traditionally, they were the sons of Rhea Silvia, daughter of Numitor, king of Alba Longa. Rhea's uncle, Amulius, tried to have the infants drowned in the Tiber River, but they survived and were kept alive by a she-wolf.

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King Numa was the second king of Rome who built multiple religious sites in Rome. He constructed and started these: the religious calendar, some religious institutions like the vestal of virgins, the cults of, mars, Jupiter, and Romulus, and also the office of pontifex Maximus. He was a good ruler and wanted to release Rome from their hostile ways, he was a fan of peace and later was celebrated for his wisdom.

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Numa Pompilius, (flourished c. 700 bce), second of the seven kings who, according to Roman tradition, ruled Rome before the founding of the republic (c. 509 bce).

Numa is said to have reigned from 715 to 673. He is credited with the formulation of the religious calendar and with the founding of Rome's other early religious institutions, including the Vestal Virgins; the cults of Mars, Jupiter, and Romulus deified ( Quirinus); and the office of pontifex maximus. These developments were actually, however, the result of centuries of religious accretion. According to legend, Numa is the peaceful counterpart of the more bellicose Romulus (the legendary founder of Rome), whom he succeeded after an interregnum of one year. His supposed relationship with Pythagoras was known even in the Roman Republic to be chronologically impossible, and the 14 books relating to philosophy and religious (pontifical) law that were uncovered in 181 bce and attributed to him were clearly forgeries.

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Numa Pompilius | Biography, Reign, & Facts

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Numa Pompilius, (flourished c. 700 bce), second of the seven kings who, according to Roman tradition, ruled Rome before the founding of the republic (c. 509 bce). Numa is said to have reigned from 715 to 673.

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Tullus Hostilius, traditionally, the third king of Rome, reigning from 672 to 641 BC. Tullus Hostilius was the polar opposite to his predecessor in that he abandoned the gods and relished in war. He showed no mercy to his enemies and tore traitors limb from limb. Literally.

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Tullus Hostilius, traditionally, the third king of Rome, reigning from 672 to 641 bc. He was a legendary figure, the legend probably influenced by that of Romulus. Both Tullus and Romulus supposedly carried on war with the neighbouring cities of Fidenae and Veii, doubled the number of Roman citizens, organized the army, and disappeared from earth in a storm. Such legends are reported as fact by the historians Livy (59 bc-ad 17) and Dionysius of Halicarnassus (flourished late 1st century bc). It is possible that Alba Longa, about 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Rome, was destroyed during the years in which Tullus is thought to have reigned. (The decisive event was the famous battle between Roman and Alban brothers, the Horatii and the Curiatii.) Tullus's reported policy of incorporating Alba into the Roman state and enrolling its chiefs in the Senate is entirely in accord with the historical fact of Rome's early expansion by amalgamation rather than by subjugation. The founding by Tullus of the first Senate chambers, the Curia Hostilia, and of the Comitium (an area, directly in front of the Curia, where the people met to vote), may be an authentic tradition. The earliest floor of the Comitium belongs to the late 7th century, and architectural ornaments found there imply the existence of a major building, which may have been a Senate chamber.

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Tullus Hostilius, traditionally, the third king of Rome, reigning from 672 to 641 bc. He was a legendary figure, the legend probably influenced by that of Romulus. Both Tullus and Romulus supposedly carried on war with the neighbouring cities of Fidenae and Veii, doubled the number of Roman citizens, organized the army, and disappeared from earth in a storm.

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King Ancuus Marcus (641-616BCE) the grandson of King Numa.

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King Ancuus Marcus (641-616BCE) the grandson of King Numa.

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Ancius Marcus is the fourth king of Rome and the grandson of King Numa the Second King. He's credited with building the first bridge across the Tiber and expanding Rome across it. He later founded the port of Ostia at the beginning of the Tiber river. He was the first one to build the aqueducts and access to the sea.

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Tarquinius Priscus came from the Etruscan city of Tarquinii and was actually named Lucumo. He was very rich and had settled in Rome with his wife Tanaquil. He is thought to have made the Roman Games and to have begun the construction of a wall around the city.

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Lucius Tarquinius Priscus: The Elder (Ancient Rome Explained)

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Servius Tullius (578-535 BC) The sixth king.

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Servius Tullius (578-535 BC) The sixth king.

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He is credited with the servian constitution, the splitting of classes depending on their wealth. He is also (most likely falsely) of introducing silver and bronze currency. According to some he is Etruscan and according to others he was Latin. Hes also credited with the building of the Shrine of Diana.

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Servius Tullius, (flourished 578-535 bc), traditionally the sixth king of Rome, who is credited with the Servian Constitution, which divided citizens into five classes according to wealth. This attribution may be a reading back into the uncertain past of reforms that were not effected until a much later date. He is also credited, probably incorrectly, with introducing silver and bronze coinage.

According to one tradition, Servius was Etruscan, but other versions suggest that he was Latin. He founded the earliest and most important shrine of the Latin deity Diana on the Aventine Hill. A crucial treaty between Rome and the Latin League is also assigned to his reign. Two levels of the shrine excavated at the Church of Saint Omobono date from the time of Servius. The Servian Wall surrounding Rome, ascribed to this period, dates, however, from the 4th century bc.

In legend he was born a slave in the household of the fifth (traditional) king, Tarquinius Priscus, whose daughter he married and whom he succeeded by the contrivance of his mother-in-law, Tanaquil, who had prophetic powers and saw his greatness. The emperor Claudius (reigned ad 41-54), who was an Etruscan historian, said that Servius was an Etruscan interloper named Mastarna. Servius was eventually killed by his daughter and her husband, the seventh king, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus.

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Servius Tullius, (flourished 578-535 bc), traditionally the sixth king of Rome, who is credited with the Servian Constitution, which divided citizens into five classes according to wealth. This attribution may be a reading back into the uncertain past of reforms that were not effected until a much later date.

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Tarquin, Latin in full Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, (flourished 6th century BC—died 495 BC, Cumae [near modern Naples, Italy]), traditionally the seventh and last king of Rome, accepted by some scholars as a historical figure. His reign is dated from 534 to 509 BC.

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Tarquinius Superbus: The Final King of Rome (Ancient Rome Explained)