Sunday, February 27, 2011

Understanding The Beginnings Of The Roman Empire

By Ashley Mieler


According to historical data, the Roman city was founded in the year 753 B.C. Even so, if you hear the myths and stories, you may recognize that the beginning of Rome took place during the time of Aeneas, who was goddess Venus' son.

Soon after Troy was defeated, Aeneas began traveling across the location. He made a stop at Carthage exactly where he had an affair with Queen Dido. Right after he left, the queen ended up committing suicide. Aeneas' travel arrived to an end in Italy. He got married, went on to become a king and was instrumental in founding a metropolis.

Romulus and Remus, the twin brothers, were descendants of Aeneas. The two brothers have been credited for establishing Rome. The brothers had been heirs of King Numitor's kingdom, but the new leader who wrested the control of power gave orders for that brothers to become drowned.

Thankfully for that twins, there was a female wolf at the scene and she saved them and grew to become their surrogate mom. Later on, the brothers were brought up by a shepherd.

Eventually some time later, they managed to get in touch with their grandfather, King Numitor, who used the might of the brothers to get back again his kingdom. However, both Romulus and Remus did not stay with their grandfather. They left and then went on to establish the city of Rome near the Tiber River.

However, right after some time, Romulus and Remus had an argument because Remus had left the boundaries of Rome and gone outside.

In a fit of anger, Romulus killed his brother. Right after his brother's demise, Romulus continued to rule Rome and did so for a number of years. He then gave up his throne and went on to become a god named Quirinus.

Following Romulus, Rome had numerous rulers till it grew to become a Republic. This state of the city stayed on for numerous centuries until finally Caesar made a decision to become a dictator.

This saw Rome plunge into a few civil wars. Once Caesar was assassinated, August, his son, became the ruler and he was responsible for uniting Rome and putting an end to all of the civil wars.




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