Romulus was the legendary founder of Rome. Romulus and Remus were, indeed brothers, but Romulus killed Remus prior to founding Rome.

Romulus and Remus are central characters in the legendary story of the foundation of Rome. According to Roman tradition, Romulus and Remus were abandoned as boys and raised by a she-wolf. When they became adults, they decided to found a city, but could not agree as to where. The resulting quarrel ended in Remus’ death. Romulus subsequently founded the city of Rome on the sight of the Palatine Hill.

Latium is a region of central Italy. It is where the city of Rome was founded in antiquity and thus grew to be the seat of the sprawling Roman Empire.

According to legend, Rome was founded on seven hills. Roman tradition stated that Romulus founded the initial city of Rome on the central Palatine Hill and that this settlement gradually joined with the settlements on six neighboring hills to form the larger city of Rome.

Roman myth generally stated that Rome was founded either by refugees fleeing the Trojan War, or else was founded by two brothers Romulus and Remus. The city of Rome , however, was most likely founded by Latin and Etruscan people who lived in the area around Rome throughout antiquity.

The Alps mountain range runs through central-southern Europe and separates the Italian peninsula from the rest of the continent. In the early years of the Roman Republic, the Alps served as a natural barrier that prevented barbarian invasion.

The Tiber is the name of the river that runs through Rome. The original city of Rome was built to the east of the Tiber River, but the city eventually grew so that the Tiber runs through the city.

Tarquinius Superbus was the last of seven kings of Rome during the period of time when Rome was ruled by a monarchy. He is a somewhat legendary figure as historical evidence from his time period is scant.

The Roman monarchy was initially an elected position, before later becoming a hereditary position. In the early years of the Roman Kingdom, once a king died, the Senate was convened to choose a new king. Through a lengthy process, the king would be approved by the people, the Gods, and the Senate once more, before imperium (or, “the right to rule”) was conferred upon him. During the latter years of the Roman Kingdom, the position became hereditary and was passed down the line of succession by the Tarquin Monarchy.

The Carthaginian Empire, at one time the largest empire in the Mediterranean, is believed to have been founded as a Phoenician settlement around the eighth century BCE. The Phoenicians were a seafaring, mercantile people who established colonies all over the Mediterranean in the centuries before the rise of the Roman Republic.