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ancient Rome: Information from Answers.com (6614 words) |
 | According to archaeological evidence, the village of Rome was probably founded sometime in the 9th century BCE by members of two central Italian tribes, the Latins and the Sabines, on the Palatine, Capitoline, and Quirinal Hills. |
| In Roman legend, Rome was founded on April 21, 753 BCE by twin descendants of the Trojan prince Aeneas, Romulus and Remus. |
| The Roman Republic was established around 509 BCE, according to later writers such as Livy, when the last of the seven kings of Rome, Tarquin the Proud, was deposed, and a system based on annually-elected magistrates and various representative assemblies was established. |
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