Rome was, according to tradition, founded in 753 BC by Romulus
? and Remus
?, twin sons of the mortal woman Rhea Silvia and the god
Mars. They were also descendents of
Aeneas and the Trojan refugees whose story
Virgil later told in his epic
? poem the Aeneid
?. Romulus killed Remus, and became the first king of Rome. Most of the following 6 kings had Etruscan
? names, suggesting that members of the mature Etruscan civilization to the north of Rome dominated Rome.
The expulsion of the king and the founding of the Republic in 509 BC is sometimes presented as the breaking away of a Latin-speaking population from the control of an Etruscan ruling family.
- The Seven Kings of Rome
- Romulus?
- [Numa Pompilius]?
- [Tullius Hostilius]?
- Ancus Marcius
- Lucius Tarquinius Priscus
- Servius Tullius
- Lucius Tarquinius Superbus - "Tarquin the Proud"
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