CLST 201 Midterm: Classics 201 - test 1

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 201
• Professor: Margaret Erskine

Document Summary

Historians do not know the exact time rome was founded so a mythical creation arose. The foundation legend was associated with the fall of troy (1184 bc). Trojan prince aeneas (son of the prince anchises and the goddess aphrodite) sailed from troy to italy. He arrived in latium with his united trojan followers and his wife lavinium and created ancient rome. The purpose of this legend was to connect rome to the most important. The historian, livy, argued that rome was formed from two deities: venus (love) and mars (war). Mars and rhea silvia had two sons romulus and remus who were abandoned at birth. After learning their true identity, romulus chose to rule the new founded city of rome and. Rome was created around 1000 bc and consisted of small villages and huts. The city is centrally located in the middle of italy and thus in the mediterranean.