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e. The king of Rome ( Latin: rex Romae) was the ruler of the Roman Kingdom. [1] According to legend, the first king of Rome was Romulus, who founded the city in 753 BC upon the Palatine Hill. Seven legendary kings are said to have ruled Rome until 509 BC, when the last king was overthrown.
- Romulus (753-715 BCE) The story of Romulus, the first legendary king of Rome, is shrouded in legend. The tales of Romulus and Remus and the founding of Rome are arguably Rome’s most familiar legends.
- Numa Pompilius (715-673 BCE) The second king was Sabine and went by the name of Numa Pompilius. He reigned from 715 to 673 BCE. According to legend, Numa was a much more peaceful king in comparison to his more antagonistic predecessor Romulus, whom he succeeded after an interregnum of one year.
- Tullus Hostilius (672-641 BCE) The introduction of the third King, Tullus Hostilius, includes the story of a brave warrior. When the Romans and the Sabines approached each other in battle during the reign of the first king Romulus, a warrior brashly marched off alone before everybody else, to face and battle a Sabine warrior.
- Ancus Marcius (640-617 BCE) The fourth king of Rome, Ancus Marcius, also known as Ancus Martius, was in turn a Sabine king who reigned from 640 to 617 BCE.
- Romulus 753-715 BCE. Romulus was the legendary founder of Rome. According to legend, he and his twin brother, Remus, were raised by wolves. After founding Rome, Romulus returned to his native city to recruit residents—most who followed him were men.
- Numa Pompilius 715-673 BCE. Numa Pompilius was a Sabine Roman, a religious figure who was very different from the warlike Romulus. Under Numa, Rome experienced 43 years of peaceful cultural and religious growth.
- Tullus Hostilius 673-642 BCE. Tullus Hostilius, whose existence is in some doubt, was a warrior king. Little is known about him except that he was elected by the Senate, doubled the population of Rome, added Alban nobles to the Senate of Rome, and built the Curia Hostilia.
- Ancus Martius 642-617 BCE. Though Ancus Martius (or Marcius) was elected to his position, he was also a grandson of Numa Pompilius. A warrior king, Marcius added to Roman territory by conquering neighboring Latin cities and moving their people to Rome.
The Roman Kingdom, also referred to as the Roman monarchy or the regal period of ancient Rome, was the earliest period of Roman history when the city and its territory were ruled by kings. According to tradition, the Roman Kingdom began with the city's founding c. 753 BC, with settlements around the Palatine Hill along the river Tiber in ...
Romulus ( / ˈrɒmjʊləs /, Classical Latin: [ˈroːmʊɫʊs]) was the legendary founder and first king of Rome. Various traditions attribute the establishment of many of Rome's oldest legal, political, religious, and social institutions to Romulus and his contemporaries.
According to tradition, Romulus was Rome’s first king. His legendary reign was filled with deeds expected of an ancient city founder and the son of a war god. Thus he was described as having established Rome’s early political, military, and social institutions and as having waged war against neighboring states.
Oct 14, 2009 · As legend has it, Rome was founded in 753 B.C. by Romulus and Remus, twin sons of Mars, the god of war. Left to drown in a basket on the Tiber by a king of nearby Alba Longa and rescued by a...
