History
The origin of the city’s name is unknown, with several theories already circulating in Antiquity; the least likely is derived from Greek ???? meaning braveness, courage; more probably the connection is with a root *rum-, “teat”, with possible reference to the totem wolf (Latin lupa, a word also meaning “prostitute”) that adopted and suckled the cognately-named twins Romulus and Remus. Romulus and Remus are believed to come from the people of Lavinium.
Early history
Rome grew from pastoral settlements on the Palatine Hill and surrounding hills approximately eighteen miles from the Tyrrhenian Sea on the south side of the Tiber. Another of these hills, the Quirinal Hill, was probably an outpost for another Italic speaking people the Sabines. At this location the Tiber forms an S shaped curve that contains an island where the river can be forded. Because of the river and the ford, Rome was at a cross roads of traffic following the river valley and of traders traveling north and south on the west side of the peninsula.
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