Rome wasn’t built in a day — but how did it all begin? In this first episode of our new series on the Rise and Fall of Rome, we explore its legendary founding, the age of kings, and how a small settlement on the Tiber became the heart of an empire.
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Timestamps:
Intro: (00:00)
Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Twins: (00:35)
Other Myths of Rome’s Origins: (02:12)
What Does Archaeology Tell Us?: (04:17)
The Seven Kings of Rome: Myth and Reality: (05:41)
Did the Etruscans Conquer Rome?: (08:04)
Rome at the End of the 6th Century BC: (09:08)
Outro: (09:42)
Further Reading:
· Beard, Mary. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome. London: Profile Books, 2015
· Cornell, T.J. The Beginnings of Rome: Italy and Rome from the Bronze Age to the Punic Wars (1000-264 BC). London: Routledge, 1995
· Forsythe, Gary. A Critical History of Early Rome: From Prehistory to the First Punic War. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005
· Lomas, Kathryn. The Rise of Rome: From the Iron Age to the Punic Wars. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017
- T. J. Cornell, The Beginnings of Rome: Italy and Rome from the Bronze Age to the Punic Wars (1000-264 BC) (London: Routledge, 1995), 57; Kathryn Lomas, The Rise of Rome: From the Iron Age to the Punic Wars (London: Profile Books, 2017), 44-45
- T. J. Cornell, The Beginnings of Rome, 61; K. Lomas, The Rise of Rome, 46
- Gary Forsythe, A Critical History of Early Rome: From Prehistory to the First Punic War (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005), 93-94; T. J. Cornell, The Beginnings of Rome, 69; K. Lomas, The Rise of Rome, 46; Mary Beard, SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (London: Profile Books, 2015), 63
- T. J. Cornell, The Beginnings of Rome, 60; K. Lomas, The Rise of Rome, 48-51; M. Beard, SPQR, 56-58, 65
- T. J. Cornell, The Beginnings of Rome, 59
- G. Forsythe, A Critical History of Early Rome, 84-85; T. J. Cornell, The Beginnings of Rome, 48, 57; M. Beard, SPQR, 70
- G. Forsythe, A Critical History of Early Rome, 80; T. J. Cornell, The Beginnings of Rome, 48
- G. Forsythe, A Critical History of Early Rome, 86; T. J. Cornell, The Beginnings of Rome, 92-94; K. Lomas, The Rise of Rome, 90-93; M. Beard, SPQR, 71
- G. Forsythe, A Critical History of Early Rome, 97-98; T. J. Cornell, The Beginnings of Rome, 119-121; K. Lomas, The Rise of Rome 83-85; M. Beard, SPQR, 77-78
- K. Lomas, The Rise of Rome 143-144; M. Beard, SPQR, 99
- T. J. Cornell, The Beginnings of Rome, 194-196; K. Lomas, The Rise of Rome, 143-144; M. Beard, SPQR, 91
- T. J. Cornell, The Beginnings of Rome, 45, K. Lomas, The Rise of Rome, 148; M. Beard, SPQR, 95-96
- T. J. Cornell, The Beginnings of Rome, 208; M. Beard, SPQR, 99-100
Credit:
Simple History Creator: Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London)
Video Directors: Lav Velimirovic, Ognjen Jovic
Script Review: Peter Turner
Script Writer: Robert De Graaf
Narrator: Chris Kane (https://vocalforge.com)
Artists: Fiona Phan, Selma Belegic
Animators: Nancy Bhalla, Krishna, Guillermo G. Caasi. Jr, Ravina Bheda, Rommel Ponferrada
Editor: Artem Dobrohodov, James Dowse
Thumbnails: Fiona Phan
Senior Production Manager: Umar Ijaz
Simple History Channel Manager: James Dowse