21 April 753 B.C. Roman Annalist, Titus Livius, gives this date as the founding of Rome.
21 April 753 B.C. Roman Annalist, Titus Livius, gives this date as the founding of Rome. The oldest settlement was 17 miles from the mouth of the Tiber River on a cluster of 7 hills. Initially, Rome was ruled by Latin kings. By 600 BC, Etruscans from northwestern Italy took control. By 509 BC, the Romans revolted and broke Etruscan hegemony. They established a Roman republic with two elected Consuls, elected annually, and assisted by elected administrators. The election process kept accountability close to the people. In 387 BC, Gauls invaded Rome. As a result, the Romans determined they would never allow that to happen again and they took up the sword. They united into a confederation. As a result, they stood inviolate for 8 centuries. The Republic ended in 27 BC when Caesar Augustus fleeted up (after internal transformations). There were 1 million people in Rome by the time of St. Paul. For the first 200 years, the...