The Founding of Rome
• Aeneasʼ descendants—twins Romulus and Remus—wanted to found city
- twins fought over cityʼs position; Romulus killed Remus
- Romulus traced Romeʼs boundaries around Palatine Hill
• Roman kings ruled city until conquered by Etruscans in 600s B.C.
• Romans overthrew Etruscans in 509 B.C.
- formed republic—government in which people elect leaders