Early Rome Flashcards
Numitor
Good king of Alba Longa. deposed by his brother then reinstated by his grandsons
Amulius
Jealous brother of Numitor. Deposed his brother
Rhea Silvia
her brother is killed and she is placed in a priesthood. She is Impregnated by Mars and gives birth to twins, Romulus an Remus
Lupa Romana
Rhea Silvia sends her sons down the Tiber RIver to save them and they are nursed by a she wolf
Faustulus
a farmer that finds the twins and raises them as his sons
Romulus & Remus
They kill Amulius and return Numitor to the throne of Alb Longa. They leave to become kings. Romulus picked Palatine Hill.
Troy/Trojan War
The Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans (Greeks) after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus, king of Sparta
Homer’s Iliad.
Aeneas
Aeneas is son of Anchises and Venus. He escapes the fall of Rome with his father and son (Ascanius) along with statues of gods. He settles in Italy in Latium. He defeats Rutull an founds the city of Lavinium, named after his new wife.
Romulus
Created, named, and became first king of Rome
Military Ruler (son of Mars)
Created the first population of Rome by conquering, stealing and luring people “asylum”
Numa
2nd king of Rome
Peaceful ruler
identified the gods and started Roman Religion
Fetial Laws for establishing rules for declarations of war and treaties of peace and allies.
Reformed Roman calendar to make sure they don’t forget to celebrate gods
Created major priesthoods and chief priest of Rome (Pontifex Maximus)
Servian Walls
500 bc
hugged hills. 11km and made of tufa. opus quadratum
Romans broke their own walls after they became very powerful
Forum Boarium
the cattle forum venalium of ancient Rome. It was located on a level piece of land near the Tiber between the Capitoline, the Palatine and Aventine hills. As the site of the original docks of Rome (Portus Tiberinus), the Forum Boarium experienced intense commercial activity.
