| So the story of Rome begins, with religious omens and murderous ambition, power and religion - the essential ingredients of a holy city then, and now. Of course, the story is a legend. And the archaeology shows that Rome actually started as a patchwork of small farms on the seven hills overlooking the River Tiber. Between the hills, there were marshy valleys where the local people buried their dead. And sometime in the eighth century BC, two villages that stood on the hills, the Palatine and the Quirinal, merged into one settlement. But there is one element in the Romulus and Remus story that does seem to have a basis in historical fact, and that is right from the beginning, Rome was surrounded by a boundary that was of enormous importance. It marked Rome out as a sacred city. |
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