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The History of Rome
The origins of most cities are merely lost in the fog of the past, Rome is shrouded in colourful myth it says: Twins Romulus and Remus, abandoned by their mother, were raised by a she-wolf. Growing to manhood under the protection of the gods, they laid out the boundaries of the new Rome on the Palatine Hill. They quarreled; Romulus slew Remus and became the first of six kings of Rome.
Sitting on hills at the crossing of the River Tiber, this was the prominent place to build a town. Rome grew rich under its monarchy, which ended when the tyrannical King Tarquinius was overthrown in 507BC. So began the Republic, a democracy, and a military power that by 146BC was the most powerful in the Mediterranean. By the second century AD, Rome ruled Europe and parts of the Middle East. The long slow decline saw the city sacked by Goths and Vandals, and by the sixth century the city was a near ruin.
History of Rome:
The Roman Republic
The Roman Empire
The Christian era
The Renaissance and Counter-Reformation
The eighteenth century to World War II
Modern times
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