Rome - History
Channel: The Storyteller
Date: 27/04/2020

Rome - History
Several excavations support the view that Rome grew from pastoral settlements on the Palatine Hill built above the area of the future Roman Forum. These developments, which according to archaeological evidence took place during the mid-eighth century BC, can be considered as the "birth" of the city. Despite recent excavations at the Palatine hill, the view that Rome was founded deliberately in the middle of the eighth century BC, as the legend of Romulus suggests, remains a fringe hypothesis.Traditional stories handed down by the ancient Romans themselves explain the earliest history of their city in terms of legend and myth. They decided to build a city, but after an argument, Romulus killed his brother and the city took his name. In addition, Strabo mentions an older story, that the city was an Arcadian colony founded by Evander.


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* Text taken from the English Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome
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