The City Still Continues to Fascinate
There is a famous legend about how the city of Rome was established. As this legend goes, their parents Vestal Virgin, Rhea Silvia and Mars, the god of war, abandoned their twin boys Romulus and Remus. Their Mother placed her twin sons in a basket along the Tiber River. Eventually, the basket ran aground where a female wolf found the twin boys. The female wolf began nursing the babies to health until a shepherd found the babies and brought the babies up as his own. As the brother’s grew into adulthood, they decided to establish a city of their own. The city would be built at the same location where the female wolf had rescued and nursed them as babies. There was an argument between Romelus and Remus as to build their city. This lead Romulus to killed his twin brother Remus. After Remus’ death, Romulus became the sole founder of this new city. Being the sole founder allowed Romulus to give the city the name Rome. The city of Rome had been established on April 21, 753 BC. Aside from this legend, Rome was built from pastorial settlements near the Palatine Hills, or Seven Hills, between both banks of the Tiber River. Having the city built near the river was great for water supplies, but marshlands had to be engineered around the city for fear of flooding. The earliest settlers of Rome were called Latin’s. These Latin’s had been successful traders and farmers. With the trading and farming being such a success, the city of Rome early on became a rich city. Having such wealth or riches created enemies from Rome’s neighbors, the Etruscans and the Samnites. This gave Roman leaders the concept of building an army for protection. Without the Roman Army to protect the city, its leaders and people, there would have been no success or expansion of the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire was vast in that these cities were comprised of the early Roman Empire: Spain, France, England/Wales, the majority of Germany, Greece, the Middle East and the northern coast of Africa. The government of early Rome was ruled by seven kings. After the ruling kings, the Romans devised their own council, or senate, to rule over themselves. As Rome began to grow in population, the Roman authority separated their people into classes. These are the four classes living in early Rome: Slaves had been to low class citizens and were owned other people. Slaves also had not rights; Plebeians were the next lowest class citizens and were free people. The Plebeians had little or no say at all; the equestrians were the second highest class citizens and were also called ‘knights’. The Equestrians were riders and given their own horses. Being and Equestrian meant you had to be rich and finally; The Nobles were highest class citizens in Rome. The Nobles were also called ‘patricians’ and had all the real power in Rome. The Roman Empire almost lasted 500 years, from 510 BC until 23 BC. The Roman Empire had been in existence more than half the time America has been in existence. Among Rome’s famous leaders was Julius Caesar who was born in 100 BC. Julius Caesar was a Roman politician and general in the Army. He joined the Army in 81 BC and thereafter became the first Roman commander to invade England from 55BC to 54BC. After serving in the Army, Caesar ran for office in 65 BC Rome. Caesar was elected to the ‘edele’ position and was in charge of the Roman entertainment. As head of Roman entertainment, he put on festivals and games to keep the people happy. From 59 BC to 58 BC, Caesar became governor in France. Caesar was a driven, or cruel, leader. He began to pick off his enemies, even the Roman general Pompey whom he killed in Egypt in 48 BC. After killing Pompey, Caesar continued is conquest of killing his enemies in the Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Caesar’s reign ended in 44 BC when he as killed by the very politicians who feared him. After Caesar, came other leaders of Rome from Augustus to Constantine XI who was the last emperor who died defending Rome against the Turkish people. In the Middle Ages 46 AD, the Roman Empire fell to the Vandals and the Goths. As Rome fell, civil wars began to further weaken Rome. This also created less respect for Roman and the Roman law dwindled. Today, Rome is a thriving city home to famous landmarks like The Colosseum, The Pantheon, Trajan’s Market, The Trevi Fountain and of course, The Vatican in Vatican City. Romans originally spoke Latin then during the Middle Ages, began speaking Italian. The major religion of Rome is Catholicism and there are over 900 churches in Rome. For more information on Rome, visit http://romemicroblog.com and http://blogrome.com
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