April 21 is an important day in history as one of the world’s oldest cities in the world, Rome, was founded. The city was ...

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Rome was famous for rejecting the idea of kingship. For almost 500 years, Rome was a staunch Republic, with rules in place to ...

April 21 is a date rich with historical significance, marked by events that have shaped cultures, nations, and the course of ...

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BC: Traditional date for when Romulus and Remus founded Rome. 1536: Thomas Cromwell begins to plan Anne Boleyn’s downfall while ...

In the early days, Rome was ruled by kings. Romulus was supposedly the first king. The last king was Tarquin the Proud. He ruled until 509BC, when the people of Rome drove him out. Rome then ...

According to the Roman scholar, Marcus Terentius Varro, Rome was founded on April the 21st 753 BCE…but he wrote about the story of Romulus and Remus around six hundred years later, so we can’t ...