Rome was invented in 753BC when Romulus, the son of Mars and a local princess declared himself King of his new city. Or so the story roughly goes. The Founding of Rome is not so simple as is often assumed. For a start, it was almost certainly never founded. Nor was Romulus real. Nor, I’mContinueContinue reading “Rome – An Origin Story”
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First Triumvirate – A Roman Deathly Hallows
The First Triumvirate of the Roman Republic constituted of Julius Caesar, Gnaus Pompey and Marcus Crassus and is one of the most famous, and peculiar political alliances in history.