the mythical founding of Rome begins
with the fall of Troy as the Trojan
Prince Aeneas fled the destruction with
a group of survivors they eventually
reached Italy founding the city of
Lavinia and a son Ascanius the city of
Al belonga for generations son at their
son ruled as king in Alba longa until we
get the king Numa tour his daughter Rhea
Silvia and his brother Amulius hungry
for power Amulius expelled his brother
from the throne and forced his niece to
become a vestal virgin priestess so she
would bear no sons to contest his rule
but Ria's suffering would continue as
the god Mars forced himself on her
against her will
resulting in a pregnancy and birth of
the twins Romulus and Remus Amulius in
fear of potential rivals ordered the
twins thrown into the Tiber River
fortunately for the twins the river was
in flood and were spared from the
stronger currents as they washed ashore
a wolf heard their cries and came to
their aid sheltering and nourishing them
with her own milk Faust ulis a herdsmen
soon came upon me with compassion he
took them in and raised them as if they
were his own children Romulus and Remus
were not only diligent in their duties
at home but also steadfast in the
defense of their people they would chase
down and attack bandits sharing the
spoils with their fellow herdsmen
because of this a loyal following grew
around them later during the festival
right of the looper cow the bandits
sought their revenge enthralled in the
celebrations the villagers were ambushed
and Remus was captured they brought him
to a Mulia saz prisoner on trumped-up
charges
Remus served as imprisonment in Numa
tours home while questioning him he soon
grew to realize that Remus and Romulus
were his long-lost grandsons Romulus
with his followers mounted a rescue
killing Amulius himself with Numa tour
restored to the throne of Alba longa
the twin set out to found their own City
at the very spot where they were once
left to die but discord grew between the
brothers as they quarreled over what's
he'll to start building on Romulus and
his followers occupied the palantine
hill while Remus and his followers
occupied the Aventine hoping for a sign
from the gods
to settle their dispute the sign came
first as six vultures appeared
Remus but then double that number
appeared above Romulus both sides argued
over what was more significant who was
answered first versus the greater number
of birds in defiance Rima slept over his
brother's partially built walls to which
Romulus answered with violence killing
his brother
Romulus was now the sole ruler of the
city to which he gave his name roamed
the ambitious Romans wanted to grow
quickly so they opened the city to any
who would come runaway slaves criminals
and the dispossessed while nany man did
come the city lack for women that will
not last beyond a generation
Romulus reached out to the neighboring
cities seeking alliances through
marriage rights but with all of his
attempt rebuffed
he turned the force Romulus organized a
series of games and festivities to be
held in Rome and invited the neighboring
populace as the city filled with guests
most notably the say binds Romulus set
his devious plot in motion by giving a
pre-arranged signal to his men they
abducted all the unmarried young women
from the crowd and against their will
made them their lies naturally these
actions led to war while the Romans
defeated the rest of their neighbors
easily enough the same binds proved to
be a greater challenge and it was only
the intervention of the true victims the
say buying women themselves that could
put a stop to it
they fearlessly entered the battlefield
positioning themselves between the
battle lines appealing to both sides
they cried out only one side can win
this fight as for us it is better to die
than to live for we must do so either as
widows or as orphans their impassioned
plea was successful the Romans and say
binds combined into one people with the
Saban leader Titus patias ruling jointly
as king with Romulus though he would be
murdered in a nearby city years later
and Romulus would again be the sole
ruler of Rome Romulus his reign was long
and prosperous as Rome's power and
influence grew but one rather innocuous
day while inspecting the troops a
thunderstorm descended obscuring the
King from his soldiers the storm quickly
abated but Romulus was gone proculus
Ullaeus a trusted and respected Roman
later confirmed his fate he claimed that
Romulus came down from the heavens and
spoke to him saying go and now
to the Romans that the gods in heaven
will my Rome to be the capital of the
world accordingly let them cultivate the
art of war let them realize and let them
teach their descendants that no human
power can withstand Roman supremacy he
ascended once more and vanished as once
founder and now immortal God of Rome
this version of the myth is based on
Livi's account a 1st century BC Roman
historian as translated by T G a loose
Livy recounts multiple versions of the
founding myth for brevity's sake I've
condensed and simplified adhere the
founding myth is obviously puzzling for
a modern audience in terms of ethics
morality and the supernatural but it was
a bit of a head-scratcher for the Romans
as well Livy himself was skeptical about
much of the story as to what parts of
the myth if any can be supported by
archaeology is a matter for another
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