Early history (753-509)
According to tradition, Mars fathered twin sonsRomulus and Remus. On their mother’s side the twins were descendants of Aeneas a prince of Troy . As infants they were ordered to be drowned but were saved and raised by a female wolf. Later they argued violently about where to start a new city . Romulus murdered his brother, started his new city on April 21, 753 BC, named it Rome after himself, and located it on the southern bank of the Tiber River about 19 miles (30 km) from the Mediterranean Sea.
According to tradition, Mars fathered twin sons
Romans belonged to the Latin ethnic group. The geocultural
To the south and north of
In today’s
The Roman Republic and Latinia (509-264)
In 509, once again in control of their own affairs, the Romans made their municipal state a republic. This republic was governed by the rich men of the Senate and representatives of freeborn men meeting in assemblies. Later Roman tradition (after 80 BC) would refer to this government with great piety as the Senate and People of Rome (in Latin, abbreviated SPQR).
With the Etruscans no longer controlling the area around
In 390, uncontrolled Celts from Alpinia advanced south, defeated the Roman army sent to stop them, looted
By 338, at the end of hostilities with other Latin tribes, these willful Romans controlled land and peoples along coastal Latinia from just north of the Tiber south to
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