Rome Pt. 1

Before Rome ruled the world, it was a rumor. Before it was an empire, it was a fight between two starving boys who should have died in a river. This is the origin story stripped of the myth and rebuilt with what we actually know. This is tribal Italy, violence as identity, and the moment a city is born from murder. You are not hearing a legend. You are standing there watching it happen.Sources:Livy. The Early History of Rome. Translated by Aubrey de Sélincourt, Penguin Classics.Plutarch. The Rise and Fall of Athens and Rome. Penguin Classics.Cornell, T. J. The Beginnings of Rome. Routledge.Forsythe, Gary. A Critical History of Early Rome. University of California Press.Beard, Mary. SPQR A History of Ancient Rome. Liveright.Scullard, H. H. A History of the Roman World. Routledge.Audiobook:Beard, Mary. SPQR A History of Ancient Rome. Audible.Documentaries:Ancient Rome The Rise and Fall of an Empire. BBC.Rome Power and Glory. History Channel.