A source-book of ancient history - The Search For Mecca

346 Rome Under the Kings
A ncient
World, 329.
End of the
kingship.
Livy i. 60.
(In the
absence of
the king, the
city was
ruled by a
"prefect.")
not far distant from one another, which were to be removed
to some other place, and the whole area to be set aside for
the sacred enclosure, that was proposed to be created
there for the gods. The augurs thought proper to consult
the gods to whom these altars were consecrated, concerning
every one of them; and if they gave their consent, then to
remove them ; the rest of the gods, therefore, and geniuses
gave them leave to remove their altars; but Terminus and
Juventus, although the augurs besought them with great
earnestness, and importunity, could not be prevailed on
to leave their places; for which reason their altars were included
within the circuit of the temple, and one of them,
now, stands in the portico of the chapel of Minerva, and
the other, in the chapel itself near to the statue of that
goddess; from hence, the augurs concluded that no time
would ever remove the boundaries of the Roman empire,
or impair its vigor; and both have proved true to this age,
which is now the twenty-fourth generation.
Lucius Tarquinius, the Proud, reigned twenty-five
years; the regal form of government extended from the
building of the city to its deliverance, two hundred and
forty-five years. Two consuls, Lucius Junius Brutus
and Lucius Tarquinius CoUatinus, were elected in the
comitia centuriata under the prefect of the city, as prescribed
by the commentaries of Servius TuUius.
STUDIES
I. How did the Romans found a city (cf. remark in margin)?
Describe the division of the population into tribes and curiae;
into
patricians and plebeians. Who belonged to the curiae? What
public rights had the clients? Describe the founding of a Roman
colony. What was done with conquered aliens who wished to live at
Rome? What , religious regulations are ascribed to Romulus? Describe
the early family.