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| | Encyclopedia: Rome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | Romulus and Remus, (771 BC¹-717 BC Romulus, 771 BC-753 BC Remus), the traditional founders of Rome, appeared in Roman mythology as the twin sons of the priestess Rhea Silvia, fathered by the god of war Mars. |
 | | In the 8th century BC, these Italic speakers â” Latins (in the west), Sabines (in the upper valley of the Tiber), Umbrians (in the north-east), Samnites (in the South), Oscans and others â” shared the peninsula with two other major ethnic groups: the Etruscans, in the North and the Greeks in the south. |
 | | In the 3rd century BC the Greek poleis in the south were brought under Roman control as well. |
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