A History of Rome Author:Henry George Liddell Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. Excerpt from book: Section 3 Wolf of the Capitol BOOK I. ROME UNDER THE KINGS. CHAPTER I. ORIGIN OP ROME : ROMULUS AND NUMA. j 1. Belief of the Romans that they were sprung from the East. § 2. lege... more »nd of jEneas. § 3. Legend of Ascanius. §. 4. Legend of Rea Silvia, and birth of the Twins. § 6. Legend of recognition of Twins by Numitor. § 6. Legend of the quarrel of Romulus and Remus. Variations in Legends. § 7. Romulus founds Rome. Uncertainty of dates. § 8. Asylum. Rape of Sabines. § 9. "War with Sabines. Legends of Tarpeia, of Janus, of Sabine women. § 10. Peace between Romans and Sabines. Romulus And Trrns Tatius Joint Kings. §11. Legend of Cceles Vibcnna and Etruscan settlers at Rome. Four of Seven Hills now occupied. § 12. Death of Titus Tatius. Reign and death of Romulus. § 13. Institutions attributed to Romulus: (1) Social; (2) Political; (S/Military. § 14. Interregnum: Numa Pompilius, a Sabine, second king of Rome. § 15. Briigious institutions attributed to Numa. § 16. His love of agriculture. § I"1-Other institutions. § 1. It v^ tj,c pride Of thc Romans to believe that they were descended Vom the ancient nations to the East of the Mediterranean Sea. All their early legends point to Greece and Troy. Ilow far the Pelasgian origin of the nation may account for this belief may be conjectured, but cannot be determined. It may, however, be assumed that the Arcadian Evander and his followers, whom the legends represent as the first settlers on the Palatine Hill, were Pelasgians; and it is more than probable that the Trojan ./Eneas and his followers, who are believed to have coalesced with the Arcadians of the Palatine, were likewise Pelasgians. With this preface we proceed to the Legends themselves. § 2. Virgil has told the tale of the flight of jEneas, and every one knows how he escaped from the flames of Tro...« less