HUM 140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Latinus, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, Harpy
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A city in central italy on the tiber river. Rome means both the city, the culture, and a series of government that ruled a thousand years. The city was built in a raised area. The hills provided protection from flooding and could be defended in an invasion. Mythical founders of the city of rome. Twin boys who were abandoned in the wilderness and suckled by a she- wolf . May have been a real king around 750 bce. According to myth, he and his brother built the first wall around rome. He killed remus in an argument over the wall"s size. He later invited the sabine tribe to a festival, killing the men and raping the women. They built wood-framed huts on the seven hills. A language that emerged among the consolidated tribes. They expanded into the region around the city, called latium. Settled to the north of rome, around 800 bce.
