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Romulus

Type Figure Region Italy Time c. -771–-716 Also known as Romulus、Romulus of Rome、Ρωμύλος

Romulus is the legendary founder and first king of Rome; traditional chronology dates the city's founding to 753 BCE and his reign to c.…

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  1. -753–-716Rome · RomeLegend holds that Romulus marked out the city's boundaries around the Palatine Hill, established the beginnings of the Senate and popular assembly, and organized early military formations, laying the basic political framework of Rome's regal period. His founding narrative became the core myth of later Roman state identity.

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