Romulus and Remus

Introduction In Roman mythology they were a twin pair of sons. Their father was Mars, the god of war, and their mother was Rhea Silvia, a priestess. According to the tradition of Plutarch and Tito Levi and others Roman history records that Romulus was the first king in the era of Roman kingship. The two …

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Bailurizio

Brief description Bolognolizio (Italian: Civita di Bagnoregio) is a village in the province of Viterbo in the Italian region of Lazio. Bagnoregio dates back 2,500 years and was founded by the Etruscans as a village. The village is also known as the City in the Sky because of its isolation on top of a hill …

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Etruria

Introduction The name The ancient Greeks called the Etruscans “Tyrrhenians” or “Etruscans”, while the Etruscans called themselves “Larsenas”. Language Etruscan is not part of the Indo-European language family, but little is known about the language and it is not yet decipherable. The Latin script is derived from the Etruscan script. Culture Of all the ancient …

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