AR105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Andrea Carandini, Vestal Virgin, Palatine Hill
11 Dec 2017
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Roughly 3 periods but there was lots of gradual transformations. Romans traced foundation back to the trojan war. Trojan hero, aeneas, led groups of refugees to the shores of italy after the trojan war (ca. In response to rome taking over greece. Inevitable that rome wold enact vengeance and take over. Several generations later, vestal virgin at site of alba longa raped and gave birth to twins. The vestal virgin gives up twins in tiber river found by she wolf who raises them. 753 bce, these twins romulus and remus, founded rome. Romulus soon killed remus over dispute of who was superior in the new community. New evidence suggests activity at the site of rome in 13th/12th century bce. Occupation by 1000bce comprised two individual settlements. Separate based on evidence of graves: cremation vs inhumation. Cuttings for three 8th century bce huts have been found. Italian scholar, andrea carandini, believes two independent settlements uni ed in 8th century bce.
