How was Rome founded...?? (accordin to the legend)???

Question

Yeah....this Social Studies homework is really tough. Does anyone know how Rome was found. All I know is that, after the fall of Troy, the gods ordered Aeneas (a Trojan prince) to lead his people to a promised land in the West. and then when they reached they joined forces with people known as Latins. and then theres something about a Latin princess && her sons(Romulus && Remus) Does that give you a clue? Does it have anything to do with the founding of Rome? See, I desperately need help I'm clueless.

Please don't answer if you don't know. Thanks!

Answer 1

According to legend, Rome was founded in 753 BC by Romulus and Remus, who were raised by a she-wolf.Go to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome

Answer 2

According to legend, the city of Rome was founded by the twins Romulus and Remus on April 21, 753 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome#From_founding_to_Empire

Answer 3

You're right............you are clueless.

You've already done the hard work in finding out about Romulus and Remus............from there it took all of 4 seconds to Google it and come up with the answer below.

According to the Roman legend, Romulus was the founder of Rome and Remus was his twin brother. Their story begins with their grandfather Numitor, king of the ancient Italian city of Alba Longa, was deposed by his brother Amulius. Numitor's daughter, Rhea Silvia, was made a Vestal Virgin by Amulius - this means that she was made a priestess of the godess Vesta and forbidden to marry. Nevertheless, Mars, the god of war, fell in love with her and she gave birth to twin sons.

Amulius, fearing that the boys would grow up to overthrow him, had them placed in a trough and thrown into the River Tiber. At that time the river was in flood, and when the waters fell, the trough, still containing the two boys, came ashore. They were found by a she-wolf who, instead of killing them, looked after them and fed them with her milk. A woodpecker also brought them food, for the woodpecker, like the wolf, was sacred to Mars.

Later the twins where found by Faustulus, the king's shepherd. He took them home to his wife and the two adopted them, calling them Romulus and Remus. They grew up as bold and strong young men, laeding a warlike band of shephards.

One day Remus was captured and brought before Numitor for punishment. Numitor noticing how unlike a shepherd's son he was, questioned him and before long realized who he was. Romulus and Remus than rose against Amulius, killed him and restored the kingdom to their grandfather.

Deciding to found a town of their own, Romulus and Remus chose the place where the she-wolf had nursed them. Romulus began to build walls on the Palatine Hill, but Remus jeered at them because they were so low. He leaped over them to prove this, and Romulus in anger killed him.

Romulus continued the building of the new city, naming it Roma (Rome) after his own name. It's first citizens were outlaws and fugitives, to whom Romulus gave the settlement on the Capitoline Hill. Ther were however not enough wives for all these men, and so Romulus decided to steal women from the Sabines, an Italian tribe. He there proclaimed a festival and invited many Sabines to it. While the attention of the men was elsewhere Romulus' men rushed in and carried off the women. This was the famous "Rape (carrying off) of the Sabine women", which later became a subject for painters.

The Sabine man where furious and, led by their king Titus Tatius, made war on Romulus. When the fighting had reached its peak the Sabine women, who had grown fond of their Roman husbands, rushed between the ranks and begged both sides to make peace. So the battle was stopped, Romulus and Titus Tatius ruled together over the two peoples until Titus Tatius was killed in battle.

For the rest of his life Romulus ruled alone, proving himself a great leader in peace and war. He did not die but disappeared one day in a violent storm. The Romans believing he had been taken up to heaven worshipped him under the name of Quirinus.

It seems unlkely that any part of this legend is true. Almost certainly it is a copy of a Greek tale, invented to explain the name of Rome and certain customs. For instance Roman brides were taken from their families on their wedding days with a pretence of force, and this probably accounts for the story of the Sabine women.

Answer 4

Romulus who just happened to have a twin brother named Remus and both of them were raised by wolves.

Answer 5

http://www.roman-empire.net/founding/found-index.html

try that