Early Roman History to the fall of Tarquin DOWNLOAD FREE

Mont Cavo in the Alban Hills The summit of Mont Cavo in the Alban Hills was the centre of the shrine of Jupiter Latiaris, the most important of the common cults of the Latin peoples. According to tradition thirty Latin communities worshipped at Mont Cavo, with the Roman people being just one of these. It was regarded as the Holy Mountain of the Latin peoples. The term Latinum was established in Italy around 1000 BC according to tradition. The Latin people were a Villanovan culture - they lived mainly in villages and cremated their dead preserving the ashes in round hut-urns. They were mainly a pastoral people. They used bronze and iron extensively. Their language was of Indo-European origin and is believed to have been a form proto-Latin. By the Lake of Nemi (meaning Diana's Mirror) there was the centre of the cult of the Goddess of the Grove. The Albanus Lake was another important site because it was connected with Alba Longa, which in Roman tradition was the mother of Rome.

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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