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    This lecture covered the foundations of early Roman history and mythology. It discussed the Italian peninsula's Indo-European Latin language and Etruscan and Greek influences. Key figures mentioned include Romulus and Remus, the mythical founders of Rome, and the seven kings who historically ruled Rome from 753 to 509 BCE. The lecture also examined approaches to interpreting Roman myths and the importance of trade routes in the region for Rome's development.

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    This lecture covered the foundations of early Roman history and mythology. It discussed the Italian peninsula's Indo-European Latin language and Etruscan and Greek influences. Key figures mentioned include Romulus and Remus, the mythical founders of Rome, and the seven kings who historically ruled Rome from 753 to 509 BCE. The lecture also examined approaches to interpreting Roman myths and the importance of trade routes in the region for Rome's development.

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    History 3053 Lecture 3 (&4): Foundations

    reading: Nagle, 21-34

    The Italian Peninsula

    Language, Culture, and Geography Indo-European (IE) Latin

    Colonization

    Etruscans
    ! Veii ! Caere ! Tarquinii Lucomo

    "Tuscan" Temples

    Magna Graecia
    ! Cumae ! Syracuse

    Carthage
    "Punic perfidy" Moloch Melquart Dido & Aeneas

    Latium

    Alba Longa Numitor Amulius Rhea Silvia

    Mars

    Remus & Romulus


    Faustulus lupa

    Sabine Women

    Quirinus

    Romulus & Remus: fact or fiction?

    supernatural elements

    Folktale elements

    variants

    Aeneas lupa

    Myth as History
    Kings of Rome, 753-509 BCE Romulus Numa Pompilius Rome's First Historian Tullus Hostilius Q. Fabius Pictor (c. 200) Ancus Marcius L. Tarquinius Priscus Servius Tullius L. Tarquinius Superbus

    Approaches to Myth
    ! ! ! ! rationalizing "kernel of truth" cultural diffusion ideology

    "hut of Romulus"

    "lupercal"

    "lapis niger"
    RECEI "rex" rex sacrorum

    Trade Routes in Latium

    Roads that lead to Rome


    via Salaria via Campana

    Rome wasn't built in a day


    Forum Boarium Ara Maxima Forum Romanum Regia Comitium Capitol sacra via Jupiter Optimus Maximus

    Read for Friday: Nagle, 34-47 MAP QUIZ!!

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