Early Roman History to the fall of Tarquin
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The traditional account of early Roman History from Livy
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The traditional account, which now follows, was the version of Rome's early history that came down to Republican Romans. The story that follows, which must be taken wholly with several pinches of salt, is that found in Livy. The Greeks after the sack of Troy (1184 BC) permitted Aeneas and Antenor to leave with their followers unmolested as they had always been in favour of peace. Antenor settled in the land now known as Venetia, having expelled the Eugenei from this region. Aeneas, son of Anchises and Venus, landed in Latium and fought with the Latins and defeated them. But subsequently the Latin king. Latinus, came to terms with Aeneas and gave him his daughter, Lavinia, in marriage. Aeneas built a settlement called Lavinium after his wife. A war ensued with Rutuli under Turnus. Although the Rutuli were defeated, Latinus was killed. Turnus called on the help of the Etruscan king of Caere, Mezentius. The Latins chose Aeneas as king, and he gave his supporters the name of Latins, so Trojans and Latins became one people. The Rutuli-Etruscan alliance was defeated but Aeneas died in battle and lies buried on the river Numicus
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Contents of
Early Roman History to the fall of Tarquin
1 Latium and Rome - the site of Rome
2 The ancient Latins
3 The problem of sources
4 Fabius Pictor and Cincius Alimentus
5 The Roman annalists
6 Greek references to early Roman history
7 The work of the Roman annalists
8 Primary sources for Roman history
9 Further primary sources for early Roman history
10 The traditional account of early Roman History from Livy
11 Ascanius
12 Romulus
13 Numa Pmplius
14 Tulius Hostilius
15 Mettius
16 Ancus Marcius
17 Tarquinius Priscus
18 Servius Tullius
19 Tarquinius Superbus
20 The Rape of Lucretia
21 Lars Porsenna
22 Rome, Latium and the foundation of Rome c. 1200 BC - c. 750 BC
23 The founding of Rome
24 Mont Cavo in the Alban Hills
25 The Palatine Hill
26 The myth of the Sabine women
27 The early Kings of Rome c. 750 BC - c. 600 BC
28 Early constitution of Rome
29 The period of the Etruscan preponderance: c. 600 BC - c. 510 BC
30 The reign of Servius
31 The reign of Tarquinius Superbus
32 The foundation of the Roman Republic
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