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ROMAN INVASION

BY : MS STEPHANIE CROSS
BEFORE WE BEGIN…

 BCE – Before Common Era or Before Christ Era

 CE – Common Era
HISTORY OF ROME

 Numitor was the King of Alba Longa

 Amulius (Numitor’s brother) had always been jealous towards


Numitor. Amulius wanted the throne.

 Amulius dethrone Numitor and became the King of Alba Longa.

 Amulius wanted to be the king forever, so he killed Numitor’s


male heir.

 Numitor had a daughter, Rhea Silvia.


 Amulius made her a vestal virgin. What does that mean?
 Vestal Virgin means a virgin consecrated to the Roman goddess
Vesta and to the service of watching the sacred fire burning on her
altar.
 But, things happened.
 Myth 1: The God of Mars fell in love with Rhea Silvia.
 Myth 2 : Hercules was her partner
 Myth 3 : She was raped by an unknown person.

 Rhea Silvia got pregnant. She claimed that it was a divine


conception.

 But this is a form of a betrayal towards goddess Vesta.

 Rhea Silvia gave birth to twins, namely Romulus and Remus.


 Amulius got the news of her giving birth to sons.

 Amulius couldn’t kill Rhea Silvia because he was afraid of The


God of Mars. Instead, he sent his servant to kidnap Romulus and
Remus and kill them.

 The servant couldn’t do it, instead, they places the twins in a


basket and left the twins at the Tiber River.
T H E S AC R E D F I R E O F
G O D D E S S V E S TA
THE DISCOVERY OF
ROMULUS AND REMUS

 The river god Tibernus ensured their safety by calming the river, and he
caused their basket to catch in the roots of a nearby fig tree.
 The twins were first discovered by a she-wolf or lupa, who suckled them and
they were fed by a wood-pecker or picus.
 Eventually, they were discovered and cared for by a shepherd and his wife:
Faustulus and Acca Larentia.
 The two boys grew up to be shepherds like their adoptive father.
 One day while they were herding their sheep, they were met by shepherds of
King Amulius.
 These shepherds started a fight with Romulus and Remus in which
Remus was captured and taken before King Amulius.

 Romulus gathered and incited a band of local shepherds to join him


in rescuing his brother.

 King Amulius believed that Rhea Silvia's children were dead; he did
not recognize Remus or Romulus.

 Romulus freed his brother, and in the process killed King Amulius.
S H E - WO L F, RO M U LU S A N D
REMUS
ROMULUS AND REMUS ARGUE

 After Amulius' death, the brothers rejected the citizens' offer of the crown of Alba
Longa and instead reinstated Nimitor as king.
 They left Alba Longa seeking to found their own city, and each set out to find the
best location.
 The brothers quarrelled over the location of the foundation of their new city;
 Romulus wished to start the city on the Palatine Hill, while Remus wished to found
it on the Aventine Hill.
 In order to settle their disagreement, they agreed to consult augury; augury is a type
of prophecy in which birds are examined and observed to determine what actions or
persons the gods favour.
 Each brother prepared a sacred space on their respective hills and began to
watch for birds.
 Remus claimed to have seen six birds, while Romulus said he saw twelve birds.
 Romulus asserted that he was the clear winner by six birds, but Remus argued
that since he saw his six birds first, he had won.
 The brothers remained at a standstill and continued to quarrel until Romulus
began to dig trenches and build walls around his hill: the Palatine Hill.
THE DEATH OF REMUS

 Remus made continuous fun of the wall and his brother's city.

 Remus was so bold as to jump over Romulus' wall.

 Romulus got very angry with his brother’s behaviour and killed
him.

 Afterwards, Romulus mournfully buries his brother.

 Romulus named the city Rome after his name in 753BCE.


ROME, ITALY

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