Wednesday, October 26, 2011

A Short Historical Facts About The Early Roman Empire

By Ashley Mieler


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

After Troy was defeated, Aeneas began traveling across the place. He made a stop at Carthage where he had an affair with Queen Dido. Following he left, the queen ended up committing suicide. Aeneas' journey arrived to an end in Italy. He then got married, went on to become a king and was instrumental in founding a city.

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

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

Lastly a while later, they managed to get in touch with their grandfather, King Numitor, who utilized the might of the brothers to get back again his kingdom. However, each Romulus and Remus did not remain with their grandfather. They left after which went on to create the city of Rome around the Tiber River.

Regrettably, after some time, Romulus and Remus had an argument due to the fact Remus had left the boundaries of Rome and gone outside.

In a fit of anger, Romulus killed his brother. Following his brother's demise, Romulus continued to govern Rome and did so for a number of years. He then gave up his throne then 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 metropolis stayed on for numerous centuries until eventually Caesar determined to become a dictator.

This saw Rome plunge into several civil wars. As soon as Caesar was assassinated, August, his son, grew to become the ruler and he was accountable for uniting Rome and putting an end to each of the civil wars.




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