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Identifier: ancientworldfrom00west (find matches)
Title: The ancient world, from the earliest times to 800 A. D
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: West, Willis Mason, 1857- (from old catalog)
Subjects: History, Ancient
Publisher: Boston, New York (etc.) Allyn and Bacon
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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the Tiber frontier against the Etruscans on the northbank. Early settlements were made also on at least two other ofthe seven hills,—the Quirinal and the Caelian. Roman tra-dition says that one of these towns was founded by an invad-ing tribe of Sabines, and the other by a conquering Etruscantribe. No doubt, there was a long period of war between thethree hill-forts, with occasional truces, during which the towns-men met for trade on the common ground of the marshes betweenthe hills. Finally, the three settlements were united into onestate, with the tribes on an equal footing, one with another. 1 The historic Romans believed that their city was founded in 753 B.C., andthey dated all events from that year. Excavations show that they mighthave claimed much greater antiquity. 310 338) GROWTH OF THE CITY 311 Then the low ground between these hills became the placefor political assemblies (Comitium), and for the common marketplace (Forum); and the steep Capitoline, a little to one side,
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ROME uader the Kings 1. Citadel (Arx). 4. Citadel at Janiculum. 7. Senate House (Curia). 2. Temple of Jupiter (Capitolinus). 5. Wall of Romulus. 8. Comitium. 3. Quays of the Tar quins. 6. Temple of Vesta. became the common citadel. The later kings (the tyrants perhaps) drained the marshes and inclosed all the seven hillswithin one wall, taking in also much open space for further city-growth. Until a few years ago, the remains of a great drain(Cloaca Maxima) and of a massive wall were thought to be* 312 s> ROME UNDER THE KINGS (§338 long to these early works ; but they are now supposed to be of^ater date, replacing the ruder structures of the kings. The

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  • booksubject:History__Ancient
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