Founding of Rome

There are two myths that describe the beginning of Rome, the first one is that there where two twin brothers called Romulus and Remus. They were abandoned by their parents as babies and put into a basket that was then placed into the River Tiber. The basket ran aground and the twins were discovered by a female wolf. The wolf nursed the babies for a short time before they were found by a shepherd. The shepherd then brought up the twins. When Romulus and Remus became adults they decided to found a city where the wolf had found them. When Remus began to make fun of what Romulus was building he killed Remus in a fit of rage. He then finished the city by himself and established himself emperor. The other story of Rome's creation is that when the Trojan War was over Aenaes sailed the medditteranean Sea in search of a new place to call home. He eventually came to the Latins where he became the king of them. Although this is what the Romans claimed to have happened, archaeologists have a different opinion on how Rome was created. Historians believe that the Latins lived around Rome around 100 BC and sometime between 80 and 700 BC they joined together with all the other people of the land to create Rome.