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Romulus and Remus The city of Rome is thought to have begun in a small village in a region of Italy called Latium. Roman legends adopted from the Greeks also tell us that the ancient Romans believed they could trace their ancestry back to a person called Aeneas, a hero who escaped from the complete destruction of the city of Troy (Ilium) by the Greeks. The legend reinforced the hero aspect favoured by the Romans by saying that Aeneas carried his father on his back. Aeneas later moved on to Carthage before finally deciding to settle in Latium. Aeneas eventually had a son who founded the city of Alba Longa and the legend tells us that Romulus and Remus, traditional founders of Rome, were descended from the kings of Alba Longa. During the last 10 years of his life the famous Roman poet, Virgil, wrote his epic poem ‘Aeneid’, a poem in 12 books which retold the legend of Aeneas and outlined the growth of the Roman Empire. The legend of Romulus and Remus may be partially true, for in the 8th century BC we know that two villages, one on the Palatine Hill, merged to form a single settlement. This was around 753 BC —the date recognised in legend. However, the discovery at the beginning of the 20th century of hut foundations and burial sites on the Palatine Hill cast doubts on the veracity of the foundation story. Archaeologists decided that some of the burial sites dated back to the 10th century BC, hundreds of years before the legend of Romulus and Remus. In what is believed to be another early foundation legend, Romulus invited his powerful enemies, the Sabines, to a feast and during the celebrations the Romans seized the Sabine women for their wives. TEACHERS N OTE Viewing Sample – 6 – Ancient Rome Prim-Ed Publishing www.prim-ed.com
Romulus and Remus Activity Box Complete the crosspatch. All answers are in the legend of Romulus and Remus. Clues Across Down 3. Action 1. Conflict 5. A quarrel 2. Youthful 8. Monarch 3. Perish Viewing Sample 9. Angry 4. Selected 10. Informed 6. Royal chair 13. Commenced 7. Ordered 14. Vengeance 10. Attempted 15. A powerful being 11. Myth 16. Reared 12. Annoyed 18. Erect 17. Location 19. Killed Prim-Ed Publishing www.prim-ed.com Ancient Rome – 7 –
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