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Roman expansion in Italy 540-265 BC. Before PWI (e= 245 yrs); Po area still indep. Hannibal hoped to recruit Gallic tribes here ag. Rome

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Roman lictor. He wears the sagus (newt), a rough military cloack of red color, worn in triumphal processins, note rods and hatchet of fasces

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Rome- NW of Forum

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Romulus kills Remus for stepping over pomerium line without permission

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Rostra, Forum

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Founded 753 BC/ Seven hills of Rome Seven kings- Rom, Numa P

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Shepherd's hut, Sicily; Type of early Italic hut.

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Story of Romulus and Remus, Mars and Rhea Silvia, Faustulus and Acca Larentia; Role of Wolf not shown; Wolf ommited bec. in MA it= evil, greed, lust; Cod. Riccardiano 492 of Vergil, Florence, 15th saec.; Romulus, 1st of 7 kings

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Suicide of Dido after cursing Aeneas and calling for an Avenger (= Hannibal); Codex Vergilius Vaticanus 3225, fol. 41, recto. Ca. 380-400. Ink on vellum. 4 5/8 x 6 1/8 in.

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T. of Vesta relief (Uffizi, Flor) as restored by Aug. Oak tree w. Lucus Vestae
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