Romans

[crazy-]

How did the Romans originate

[Clanad]

Homework, huh?
Macro-History says:
Among the various peoples who migrated southward across the Alps to the warmer climate and rich lands of Italy were Indo-Europeans whose language had evolved into Latin - a language closely related to Celtic. These Latin-speaking people settled along fifty miles or so of coastal plains and inland to the mountain range that runs down the Italian peninsula, and they settled among the hills that are now a part of Rome. These were hills whose gentler slopes would support wheat, whose steeper slopes would support olive trees, fruit trees and vineyards. Here, animals could be pastured. And in the marshy land along the coast and farther inland, the Romans drained the stagnant pools of water that they found, making the area more habitable by eliminating malarial mosquitoes.
From modern archaeology comes evidence that around the year 1000BC Rome was already a collection of villages. These villages were fifteen miles inland from the sea, along the banks of the then navigable Tiber River. A search of historical records indicates that the Romans were organized around tribal clans. Like other Latins in Italy they tilled small plots of land, pastured cows, pigs and goats and tended flocks of sheep. Like other tribal peoples they had a council of elders, and their chiefs were chosen by clan elders and by the acclamation of their entire people...

[odjob]

Public libraries cost nothing. The information you want is all there.

[Kromovaracun]

If I remember correctly, Rome began as a small collection of villages owned by the Etruscans (a very early civilisation in northern Italy), I know the first "governor" (I can't remember his name or whether he was a king or not) was an Etruscan - I'd suggest you start by looking them up.

[Lonnie]

Just putting a different slant on your question, look up Romulus and Remus.

[Andyvon]

I must say that I'm always impressed with your answers Clanad.

[RATTER15]

Odjob, what is the point of answer bank if its not to answer questions.

[Octavius]

The earliest evidence of human habitation in the Latium region which included the city of Rome, dates from the Bronze Age (c.1500 BC), but the earliest established, and permanent, settlements began to form in the 8th century BC. At that time two closely related peoples in the area, the Latins and Sabines. These agrarian Italic peoples were tribal in origin, with a social hierarchy that dominated Rome's early form of government and throughout its claim to power in the region.

The date of the founding is uncertain, but the traditional and legendary founding of the city of Rome dates to 753 BC. Although this date is heavily laden in myth, it is at least roughly supported through archeological evidence. It was in the 8th century BC that two existing settlements, one on the Palatine Hill, the other on the Quirinal, combined to form a single village, corresponding to the same dates as the legend.

According to legend, Romans trace their origins to Aeneas, a Trojan who escaped the sack of Troy by fleeing to Italy. The son Aeneas, Iulius (commonly Julius) founded the city of Alba Longa (along the south-western shore of the Alban Lake,Castelgandolfo, Rome) establishing a monarchy. Two descendents of the Alba Longa Kings, the twin brothers Romulus and Remus, would go on to become the founders of Rome. Eventually the two brothers quarreled resulting in the murder of Remus, leaving Romulus as the first King of Rome. The traditional date of Romulus' sole reign and the subsequent founding of the city, April 21, 753 BC, is still celebrated with festivals and parades today.

Continuing development of the city was largely influenced by Rome's northern neighbors, the Etruscans. The Etruscans, threatened by the growing power and influence of the Latin city to their south, would soon supplant Romulus, and subsequent Latin Kings, with Kings of their own.