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Parallel - Theseus
Origin Stories
Rome: What's in a name? From Aeneas to Alba Longa Romulus and Remus: ChildhoodLeft to die by a river Wolf and woodpecker Romulus and Remus: Off to Found a CityRome is for runaways! Open the gates and seize the...day? Location, location, location! Vultures? 6/12? First/Second? Walls and Ditches – death of Remus Plows the circumference: pomerium etym . Rome's Birthday - April 21, 753 BC
Roman Customs: More Etymologies and etiologies
Sabine Women
Not the Sobbin' Women... Did Romulus need women or want war? R. sets up a feast (finds an altar?) Conses < consiliumOn my signal… How many taken? Origin of the Roman Triumph
Acron v. Romulus: 1 v. 1 R. wins and dedicates his armor to Jupiter
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780–1867), Romulus’ Victory over Acron (i.e. the first Roman Triumph), (1812), tempera on canvas, 276 x 530 cm, École des Beaux Arts, Paris. Wikimedia Commons.
Plutarch's Walking Tour of Rome
Tarpeian Rock Lacus Curtius Jupiter Stator Etym . Quirites?Civic Duties
Three Tribes 100 more Senators Privileges for Women Feasts, old and new Vestals, sacred fire (more on this in the Life of Numa) Lituus and Augurs Laws Divorce Murder / Parricide Romulus' End and Rome's Beginning
Tatius, co-king, killed Haughty King Numitor dies; Romulus inherits Alba Romulus disappearsMurdered? Taken up into heaven? Romulus' advice to the Romans:"Tell the Romans that if they practice self-restraint, and add to it valor, they will reach the utmost heights of human power." Support the show
