Send us a textParallel - TheseusOrigin Stories Rome: What's in a name?From Aeneas to Alba LongaRomulus and Remus: ChildhoodLeft to die by a riverWolf and woodpeckerRomulus and Remus: Off to Found a CityRome is for runaways! Open the gates and seize the...day?Location, location, location!Vultures? 6/12? First/Second?Walls and Ditches – death of RemusPlows the circumference: pomerium etym.Rome's Birthday - April 21, 753 BCRoman Customs: More Etymologies and etiologiesLegion v. PopulusPatriciansSenate < senex – old manPatrons and ClientsSabine WomenNot the Sobbin' Women...Did Romulus need women or want war?R. sets up a feast (finds an altar?)Conses < consiliumOn my signal…How many taken?30, 527, or 683?Origin of the Roman TriumphAcron v. Romulus: 1 v. 1R. wins and dedicates his armor to JupiterJean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780–1867), Romulus’ Victory over Acron (i.e. the first Roman Triumph), (1812), tempera on canvas, 276 x 530 cm, École des Beaux Arts, Paris. Wikimedia Commons.Plutarch's Walking Tour of RomeTarpeian RockLacus CurtiusJupiter StatorEtym. Quirites?Civic DutiesThree Tribes100 more SenatorsPrivileges for WomenFeasts, old and newVestals, sacred fire (more on this in the Life of Numa)Lituus  and AugursLawsDivorceMurder / ParricideRomulus' End and Rome's BeginningTatius, co-king, killedHaughty KingLictors – etym.Numitor dies; Romulus inherits AlbaRomulus disappearsMurdered?Taken up into heaven?Romulus' advice to the Romans:"Tell the Romans that if they practice self-restraint, and add to it valor, they will reach the utmost heights of human power."Support the show

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