Romulus

Question 0

Lived between

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753BCE -716BC

Question 1

Ruled for (Livy)

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37 years

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Parents

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Son of Mars (god of war)

who raped Rhea Silvia

Question 4

How he shows roman qualities

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Leading shepherds shows good leadership
Kills his brother, the Romans shouldn’t be messed with
Captured women- ruthless and disrespectful
His mother raped- violent and warlike
Learns from other cultures (lictors)
Takes the army leaders army to Jupiter- dutiful to the gods, proud of his achievements

Question 5

Stuff he built

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Made big walls round rome “lofty walls of Rome” Virgil

Made Rome bigger- opened it up to asylum seekers (everyone without distinction, slaves of freemen, looking for a new start)
Provided a council for his forces

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Worships he set up

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Alban style worships

As well as the worship of Hercules

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What he gave the people

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Laws

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Men that helped him rule

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Lictors- 12 body guards (from the Etruscans)
Senators- 100 men to help govern the people ‘fathers’

Shows good organisation and leadership

Question 9

Plan to get women

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Set up sacred games for Neptune god of horses (the consulia)
Advertised to neighbouring people
Lots of people came to see the new city
(Caenineses, crustimini, antemnates, Sabines)
Were treated well, amazed how quickly the romans had developed
A planned riot signal was given all the roman men grabbed the unmarried girls

Question 10

Caeninenses tribe( same happened to antemnates and Crustimini)

Answer 10

Romulus defeated them as they were spread out and looting
Captured their city
And took their leaders armour
Carried the armour to the top of Capitol Hill and hung it on a frame
Romulus built a temple to Jupiter (Jupiter Ferrerius)there
-First temple in rome
-increased roman territories

Question 11

How is Romulus a skill full leader

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Cunning
Ruthless
Inspires his men through piety
Learns from other cultures

Question 12

Battle against the Fidenates

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He hides men in the undergrowth
Takes most of his men + cavalry up to the city disorderly
Pretend to run away
The Fidenates come out of the city believing they can defeat the Romans
The fall directly into the trap(Romans spring on them from all sides)

Question 13

Battle against the Veii

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defeated them in battle”just the strength of his war hardened army”
Destroyed their farms
Gave them a 100yr peace treaty when they asked for it in exchange for SOME of their lands

Question 14

Livy, Romulus and Women

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Livy shifts the sensitive side to the women so Romulus doesn’t look soft
The abducted women stop the battle
His wife Hersilia asks for a peace treaty

Question 15

Death of Romulus (Livy)

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Was reviewing the army
A storm and great thunder claps
A thick cloud covered him
Never seen again

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Deification of Romulus (Livy)

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He’s deeds were so great that he was almost immortal

A rumour started that he was a god he was named king and father of the city of Rome

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Beliefs about his death (Livy)

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The senators who were standing nearest said he was carried away to heaven

Some suggested the senators had torn him apart

Question 18

Julius Proculus’s dream (Livy)

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He was very wise told everyone that Romulus had appeared to him in a dream and told him that the gods wanted Rome to be the Capitol of the world so an unbeatable army had to be built

Question 19

Birth and death links (Livy)

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Very mysterious and unusual
His actions reflect Rome- strong, ruthless and warlike
“Capitol of the world”
Descended from a god and deserved to be a god after he died

Question 20

King Tatius’s death

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His relatives attacked Laurantine ambassadors
He did not believe the Laurantines because he was biased
He went to Lavinium for a religious festival and was killed in the riot he created

Question 21

What live sais about him

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This was what Romulus achieved while he was king at home and at war all of it shows that he was descended from a god Nd deserved to be a god after he died”
“He made Rome so strong that it was safe for the next 40yrs”