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Numitor

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-King of Alba Longa
-Daughter is Rhea Silver
-Overthrown by and thrown in jail by brother, Amulius

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Amulius

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-Overthrows Numitor
-Kills Numitors Sons
-Forces Rhea Silvia to become a vestigal virgin
-Orders servant to leave Romulus and Remus to exposure

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Rhea Silvia

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-Impregnated by Mars
-Mother of Romulus and Remus
-Buried alive with the rest of the vestigal virgins

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Lupa

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-finds Romulus and Remus at the Palantine Hill
- She-wolf that finds and raises Romulus and Remus til childhood

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Faustalus and Acca Larentia

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-Husband and Wife who find and raise Romulus and Remus
-Shepards
-Tell Romulus and Remus about their heritage after they kill one of Amulius’ gaurds

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Amulius’ Defeat

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-Romulus and Remus ambush him
-Romulus defeats him in a duel
-Romulus and Remus free Numitor and choose to find their own city

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Hills of Rome (Can Queen Victoria Eat Cold Apple Pie)

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Capitoline, Quirinal, Viminal, Esquiline, Caelian, Aventine, Palatine

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The Augury

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-Romulus wants to find the city on the Palantine Hill
-Remus wants the Aventine Hill
-Remus sees 6 birds but Romulus later sees 12
-argue and each find a seperate city

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Remus’ Death

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-Remus mocks Romulus’ wall
-Romulus kills Remus after he jumps over his wall
-“So shall perish all who hereafter leap over my walls!”

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Romulus’ Reign

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-1st King of Rome
-forms first legions (3000 infantry, 300 calvary)
-names the 100 wealthiest men patricians
-creates the people’s council (Comitia Curitia)
-Established asylum for fugitives and runaway slaves on the Capitoline Hill
-Co-reigned with Titus tatius after the war with the sabines for five years

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Titus Tatius

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  • King of the Sabines
  • led the Sabines against the Capitoline Hill
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Rape of the Sabines

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-invited to a party in Neptune’s honor
- Sabine women are kidnapped since Rome needed women
- caused the Sabines to go to war with Rome
- marriage wiht the romans was not forced but would give them citizenship

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Tarpeia

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-daughter of the garrison comander
-lets the Sabines into rome in exchange for the golden bands on thier arms
-gets trampled after she lets them in

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Hersillia

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  • Stops the fighting between the Sabines and the Romans in the middel of the city
  • is Sabine
  • marries Romulus
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Titus Tatius’ Death

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-friends kill some people in Laurentum
-won’t let Romulus hand them over
- goes to fix it himself but is stoned to death

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Spoilia Opima

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-combat award
-only given three times in Roman history
-Romulus gained it after deating Acron in a 1v1

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Romulus’ Death

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-begins to ignore the senate
-senate kills him during a storm
-supposedly ascends and becomes the god Quirnus

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Numa

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-Sabine
-Wives: Tatia and Lucretia
-Daughter: Pompilia
-Known for wisdom, piety, and peace
-Died of Old Age

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Numa’s Reign

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-disbanded the bodygaurds
-Built the temple of Janus (gates were open during war, closed for peace)
-Added January and February
-wrote books that established Roman religious rites and rituals
-Established the Cult of Terminus
-Brought the Vestal Virgins to Rome

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Egeria

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-a nymph who would visit him nightly
-Taught Numa how to rule wisely
-Gave him laws

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Numa’s plague

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-ended when a shield fell from the sky
-thinks it’s a sign from jupiter
- has 11 mathcing shields made called the ancila

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Tullius Hostillius

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-3rd King of Rome
- fought alongside Romulus in the Sabine War
-Built the Curia Hostilia (Senate House)
-Went to war with Alba Longa

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War with Alba Longa

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-decided by a duel between two sets of triplets
-Curiatii (Alba Longa)
- Horiatii (Rome)
- Rome won

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Publius Horatius

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-only surviving Horiatii
-kills Curiatii one by one
-kills his sister after she mourns the death of her husband, one of the Curiatii
-is sentenced to death but is granted a pardon after his father pleas

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Mettius Fufetius
-becomes King of Alba Longa after the war with Rome -tells his brother Fidenae to attack Rome -joins Rome once it seems like they are winning -Tullius Hostillius pulls him apart with horses as punishment and razes Alba Longa
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Tullius Hostillius' Death
-Ignored Numa’s teachings -Plague and famine took over Rome -Performed a ritual to end the plague -Performed it incorrectly and was struck by lightning
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Ancus Marcius
-4th King of Rome -named after his crooked arm -Copied Numa’s religious texts and displayed them -Went to war with the Latins and settled them within Rome -Added the Janiculum hill to Rome -built Rome's first bridge, first prison (Mamertime), and first port (Ostillia) -died of natural causes
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Tarquin the Elder
-5th King of Rome -Estruscan -Wife: Tanaquil - Daughter: Tarquinia -Sons: Lucius and Arruns
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Tarquin 1 pre Rome
-Wealthy, charismatic, generous -Unsuccessful politically in Etruria -Left for Rome
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Tarquin 1 pre king
-Well-known for courtesy -Helped fund Ancus’s wars -Appointed guardian of Ancus’s sons
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Tarquin 1 Reign
-becomes king while Ancus' sons are away - doubles the senate and horsemen - went to war with the Latins and the Sabines and later Estruscans -Begins building Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus -Built Circus Maximus (racetrack for chariot racing) -Built Cloaca Maxima (sewer system) -Brought Etruscan traditions to Rome
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Tarquin 1's Death
-Ancus' sons attempt multiple assassination attempts -eventually kill him while disguised as goat herders - Tanaquill sends everyone away and pulls a scheme
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Servius Tullius
-6th King of Rome -Son of Tanaquill's slave (Oscrisia) and the god Vulcan -Marries Tarquin 1's daughter, Tarquinia -Has two daughters and marries them to Tarquin's sons, Lucius and Arruns -Tanaquill claims Tarquin 1's last wishes were for him to be king nad he is elected king
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Servius Tullius' Reign
- built the Servian Wall around the city - held the first Roman Census through the use of coin - abolished the comitia gratia in favor of a new system tha favored the rich
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Servius Tullius' Census
-Citizens required to register their family details -Swore, under oath, the value of their property -Penalties: Forfeit all property, Sold into slavery -Census results: 80,000 adult men
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Servius Tullius' overthrown
- Lucius and Tarquinia 2 kill their respective spouses and remarry - Lucius bribes Senators and soliders - Overthrows Servius Tullius - All Tarquinia's plan
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Servius Tullius' death
-is overthrown and thrown down the stairs by Lucius - cut down by the palace gaurds - and finally is run over by Tarquinia's chariot
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Tarquin the Younger
-7th and last king of Rome - Wife: Tarqunia - Three Sons: Sextus, Arruns, and Titus -tyrant
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Turnus
-advised the Latins against trusting Tarquin 2 - Tarquin bribes his slaves and frames him of an assasination plot - is killed by Cratis (the rock net sinker) - Latins allied to Rome after this
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Sextus
- is sent by Tarquin 2 to infiltrate Gabii (Latin city that has fended off Rome) - Gains their trust and becomes commander - Pubicly executes their leaders and is exiled - Later, during the seige of Ardea, he sexually assualts Lucreitia causing her to kill herself
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The Sibyl of Cumae
- seduced by apollo - tries to sell Tarquin 2, 9 books of prophecy -is rejected twice and burns three books each time - Tarquin caves and buys the last three and the books are consulted until 1st century bc
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Oracle at Delphi
-Titus, Arruns, and Brutus are sent to her after the bad omen of the snake in the pillar -Oracle tells them that the next king of rome will be the first one to kiss their mother - Brutus falls and kisses the earth
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Fall of Tarquin 2
- After Lucretia kills herself, Brutus convinces the people to revolt - Tarquins are exiled and Tarquinia runs away to avoid the mob -Brutus takes an army to Ardea and Tarquin fleas to Rome but finds himself locked out -Sextus fleas to Gabii and is killed -Tarquin tries to reclaim the throne three times
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The republic
-Brutus and Collatinus become co-consuls and find the republic -509 BC

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