{"id":2365,"date":"2020-06-29T14:36:37","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T14:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vaticantour.com\/blog\/?p=2365"},"modified":"2020-06-30T14:42:12","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T14:42:12","slug":"history-revisited-how-rome-was-founded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vaticantour.com\/blog\/history-revisited-how-rome-was-founded","title":{"rendered":"History Revisited \u2013 How Rome was founded"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Rome is a city of enchanting stories and\nartworks. It is a city full of palaces, churches, museums and cosy\nneighbourhoods. And it is a city where the greatest painters and sculptors have\nlived. It is not a surprise then that its origins are equally fantastical and\nlegendary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For an exceptional experience of Rome, do sign up for the best Vatican City tours<\/a>, Vatican museum tour<\/a>,<\/strong> or best family tours in Rome<\/a>. <\/strong>As you prepare for your next trip to the Eternal City, get acquainted with the legend of Remus and Romulus, the founders of Rome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Legend<\/span><\/p><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Rome dates back to April 21, 753 BC,\nestablished by the twins Remus and Romulus. The day is observed as Rome\u2019s\nbirthday and celebrated with much fanfare and joy even today. The twins, like\nmany other mythical heroes, were cast away at birth and saved by a she-wolf.\nThe place where she sheltered the twins came to be called Rome. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abandoned and Rescued<\/span><\/p><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The two brothers, the legend goes, were\nborn to Rhea Silvia who was the daughter of Alba Longa\u2019s King Numitor. Alba\nLonga, in mythical lore, was a city situated in the Alban Hills, northeast of\nwhat modern-day Rome. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here, King Numitor was dethroned by his\nbrother Amulius. When Rhea became pregnant with the war god Mars\u2019 twin sons\nRemus and Romulus, Amulius ordered the twins be drowned in the Tiber for he\nwanted no claimants to the throne. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Revenge<\/span><\/p><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

As destiny would have it, the twins\nsurvived and were washed ashore at the base of the Palatine Hills where a\nshe-wolf fed the human brothers her milk. Soon a shepherd chanced upon the\ntwins. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raised by the shepherd and his wife, Remus\nand Romulus grew up to be leaders of a group of shepherd fighters. After\nlearning of their origins, Remus andRomulus laid siege to Alba Longa and killed\nthe cruel Amulius. Their grandfather got his throne back. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The End and the Beginning<\/span><\/p><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Remus and Romulus, after their\nbreathtakingly wondrous victory, decided to set up a small town in the lap of\nthe Palatine Hills, near where they were found after their abandonment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, destiny played a cruel trick on\nRemus. He was slain by his brother over a petty fight and Romulus came to found\na new city- Rome- named after himself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/span><\/p><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There are other legends that stake claim to\nRome\u2019s origins. There is the Grecian legend that the mythical Aeneas of Troy\nwas the founder of the dynasty that would birth Romulus and Remus as\ndescendants centuries later. This myth was immortalised in Virgil\u2019s epic poem Aeneid<\/em>\nin the first century BC. Augustus and Julius Caesar were said to be descendants\nof Aeneas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whichever legend you might ascribe to the foundation of Rome, greatness and grandeur are an inevitable part of the story. The beauty of ancient Roman culture is such that, to this day, Romans have not forgotten the epic stories of their ancestors. In fact, they celebrate their history and traditions and cultural heritage with aplomb and pride. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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