Augusto Fraschetti describes the legends surrounding the origins,
foundation and early history of Rome, the significance the Romans
attached to the legends of their origins, and the uses to which
they put them.
Between 1000 BC and 650 BC a cluster of small, isolated groups
of thatched huts on the Roman hills became an extensive and complex
city, its monumental buildings and large public spaces evidence of
power and wealth. Two competing foundation legends accounted for
this shift, one featuring the Trojan fugitive Aeneas and the other
the wolf-reared Romulus and Remus. Both played a significant role
in Roman thought and identity, preoccupying generations of Roman
historians and providing an important theme in Roman poetry.
In the last two centuries the foundation era of Rome has been
the subject of extensive investigations by archaeologists. These
have revealed much that was previously a mystery and have allowed
the piecing together of a coherent account of the early history of
the city. Professor Fraschetti considers this evidence and the
degree to which it supports or undermines the legends, Roman
documentary accounts, and the work of modern scholars. He reveals
what now seems the most probable history of Rome's origins and rise
to regional pre-eminence.
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