foundations of rome
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The history of early Rome - the mythical foundations starting with Aeneas, includes archaeological history for the foundations of the city.TRANSCRIPT
The City of RomeThe Mythical Origins of the Eternal City
The Mythical Foundations of Rome
• Foundations of cities are dignified by their antiquity, wherein mortal and divine affairs are allowed to mingle. If any people are entitled to consecrate their beginnings and trace them back to divine founders, these are the Roman people, so great is the glory of their military achievement that, when they lay claim to Romulus as city-founder and to his father Mars as parent, all humanity ought to endure it with the equanimity by which they endure our imperium.
•- Livy, History of Rome (1.1)
The Mythical Foundations of Rome
•390 BCE - Rome Sacked by the Gauls
• All history is lost
•Aeneas
•Romulus & Remus
•Early Kings of Rome
Aeneas: The Peripatetic Trojan
Aeneas
Aeneas & Dido
Aeneas & Italy
• Aeneas settles in Latium
•Marries Lavinia
• Ascanius founds Alba Longa
Rhea Silvia - Romulus & Remus
•Mother of Romulus & Remus
Romulus & Remus
• Twins condemned
• Sent in a basket down the river Tiber
• Suckled by a “Lupa”
•Raised by a shepherd and his wife
Rome - Founded on Fratricide
The Rape of the Sabine Women
•Rapio - The take or to Seize
•Original occupants of Rome - runaway slaves, convicts, ne’er-do-wells
The Early City: Pre-Urban Rome
The Early City: Pre-Urban Rome
• Traditional Date: 753 BCE
• Archaeological evidence: 9th century BCE
The Early City: Pre-Urban Rome
•Hut-urns
The Early City: Pre-Urban Rome
The Early City: Pre-Urban Rome
The Early City: Pre-Urban Rome
The Kings of Rome• Romulus
• Numa Pompilius
• Tullus Hostilius
• Ancus Marcius
• Tarquinius Priscus “Tarquin the Elder”
• Servius Tullius
• Lucius Tarquinius Superbus “Tarquin the Proud”
The Early City: Urbanization of Rome
• During the 7th century (“Time of Kings”) Rome significantly transformed
• Marshy regions drained
• construction of the Cloaca Maxima
• Rise in population density
• Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus constructed
• Borders of the city (pomerium) defined
• Further expansion of Roman power
The Unification of Italy
The Early City: Urbanization of Rome
•Rise of population density
•Housing explosion
The Kings of Rome
• The Death of Romulus
• Ascends to the heavens?
• Murdered by the Senate?
The Kings of Rome
•Tarquinius Priscus “Tarquin the Elder” 616-579 BCE
• First Etruscan King of Rome
• Circus Maximus
• Cloaca Maxima
• Assassinated
Circus Maximus
The Kings of Rome
•Tarquinius Superbus
“Tarquin the Proud” 534 -
509 BCE
•Extended Roman territory
•Completed the Cloaca Maxima
•Built the Temple of Jupiter
Capitolinus
•Acquired the Sibylline Books
Cloaca Maxima
• First Sewer System of Ancient Rome
Rape of Lucretia
The Birth of the Republic 509
BCELucius Brutus