Murus Romuli

Murus Romuli (

The Murus Romuli as remembered by ancient historians is described by Rodolfo Lanciani:

The text most frequently quoted in reference to the Murus Romuli is that of

Po, than square like an Etruscan templum; while, lastly, the name of Roma Quadrata did not belong to the city on the hill, but to the altar described in Pagan and Christian Rome, p. 70, which stood in front of the Temple of Apollo.^[1]

Though most often believed to be purely a figure of myth, Romulus is believed by some scholars, such as Andrea Carandini, to have been an actual historical figure.^[2][3]

Modern archaeology

In 1988, the remains of an early defensive wall were found on the north slope of the Palatine Hill. Archaeologists excavating the site contended that the wall and other nearby finds indicate that Rome emerged as a dynamic society by at least the 7th and 6th centuries BC, significantly earlier than had been previously calculated.^[4] As of the 2010s, the earliest evidence of any settlement in the area dates to c. 1000 BC^[5] with large-scale organization evidenced by the establishment of the Esquiline Hill's necropolis and a clay and timber wall at the bottom of the Palatine Hill dating to the mid-8th century BC. The swampy surrounding territories were not drained until the mid-7th century BC.^[6]

See also

• Roma Quadrata
  , the "Square Rome" supposedly enclosed by Romulus's wall
• Founding of Rome

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Boatwright, Mary T.; et al. (2012), The Romans: From Village to Empire (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press,
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