The Seven Kings of Ancient Rome: A Short Introduction
Doug West
- If
- you
- want
- to
- learn
- about
- the
- seven
- kings
- that
- ruled
- ancient
- Rome
- but
- don’t
- have
- the
- time
- or
- patience
- to
- read
- a
- thick
- book,
- then
- the
- short
- and
- concise
- book
- “The
- Seven
- Kings
- of
- Ancient
- Rome:
- A
- Short
- Introduction”
- is
- the
- book
- for
- you.
- In
- this
- book
- you
- will
- read
- about:•The
- Beginning
- of
- Ancient
- Rome
- starting
- with
- the
- mythical
- story
- of
- Romulus
- and
- Remus.•The
- first
- king
- of
- ancient
- Rome,
- Romulus,
- who
- according
- to
- legend
- and
- myth,
- founded
- Rome
as
- a
- city
- in
- the
- year
- 753
- BC.•The
- second
- king,
- Numa
- Pompilius,
- was
- responsible
- for
- the
- establishment
- of
- many
- of
- Rome’s
most
- important
- religious
- and
- political
- institutions.•The
- third
- king,
- Tullus
- Hostilius,
- was
- known
- as
- a
- warlike
- ruler.•The
- fourth
- king,
- Ancus
- Marcius,
- expanded
- the
- city
- beyond
- the
- Tiber
- River
- to
- the
- Janiculum
Hill
- and
- founded
- the
- port
- of
- Ostia.•The
- fifth
- king,
- Lucius
- Tarquinius
- Priscus,
- was
- the
- first
- king
- of
- the
- Etruscan
- dynasty
- and
expanded
- the
- power
- of
- Rome
- through
- military
- conquest.•The
- sixth
- king,
- Servius
- Tullius,
- expanded
- the
- city
- and
- established
- a
- system
- of
- government
that
- was
- more
- representative
- of
- the
- people.•The
- last
- king,
- the
- ruthless
- Lucius
- Tarquinius
- Superbus,
- ruled
- by
- fear
- and
- intimidation
- and
was
- exiled
- from
- the
- city
- allowing
- formation
- of
- the
- Roman
- Republic
- in
- 509
- BC.•And
- more…The
- book
- “The
- Seven
- Kings
- of
- Ancient
- Rome:
- A
- Short
- Introduction”
- gives
- a
- crisp
- look
- at
- the
- Regal
- period
- of
- Roman
- history.
- To
- help
- explain
- the
- lives
- and
- times
- of
- the
- seven
- kings
- of
- ancient
- Rome
- the
- book
- contains:
- several
- illustrations,
- a
- glossary
- of
- some
- of
- the
- less
- familiar
- words,
- and
- a
- list
- of
- reference
- books
- for
- further
- reading.Pick
- up
- your
- copy
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