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| − | :The legends which grew up round the origin of Rome have so slight a value as evidence for the history of the city that they can claim little space: all that is needed is to make their irrelevance plain. The arrival of the Greeks in the western Mediterranean gradually brought Italy within the ambit of Greek myth, and it is on Greek foundations that the whole saga of early Rome is based<ref>Last, ch. 11, part VI, "The Foundation Legends", p. 363</ref>. | + | :The legends which grew up round the origin of Rome have so slight a value as evidence for the history of the city that they can claim little space: all that is needed is to make their irrelevance plain. The arrival of the Greeks in the western Mediterranean gradually brought Italy within the ambit of Greek myth, and it is on Greek foundations that the whole saga of early Rome is based.<ref>Last, ch. 11, part VI, "The Foundation Legends", p. 363</ref> |
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| | Accomplishments attributed to the regal period include the "Calendar of Numa," a precursor to the [[Julian Calendar]], and the Cloaca Maxima, the world's first sewage system. | | Accomplishments attributed to the regal period include the "Calendar of Numa," a precursor to the [[Julian Calendar]], and the Cloaca Maxima, the world's first sewage system. |
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| | ==Bibliography== | | ==Bibliography== |
| | *[[Livy]], ''From the Founding of the City'', book 1. | | *[[Livy]], ''From the Founding of the City'', book 1. |
| − | *[[Dionysius of Halicarnassus]], ''Roman Antiquities'', books 1-4. | + | *[[Dionysius of Halicarnassus]], ''Roman Antiquities'', books 1–4. |
| | *[[Plutarch]], [[Parallel Lives|''Romulus'' and ''Numa Pompilius'']]. | | *[[Plutarch]], [[Parallel Lives|''Romulus'' and ''Numa Pompilius'']]. |
| − | *[[Cassius Dio]], ''Roman History'', v. 1-2. | + | *[[Cassius Dio]], ''Roman History'', v. 1–2. |
| | *[[Barthold Georg Niebuhr]], ''History of Rome'', v. 1. | | *[[Barthold Georg Niebuhr]], ''History of Rome'', v. 1. |
| − | *[[Thomas Arnold]], ''The History of Rome'', v. 1, ch. 1-8. | + | *[[Thomas Arnold]], ''The History of Rome'', v. 1, ch. 1–8. |
| − | *[[Theodore Mommsen]], ''History of Rome'', book 1-2. | + | *[[Theodore Mommsen]], ''History of Rome'', book 1–2. |
| | *[[Thomas Henry Dyer]], ''The History of the Kings of Rome'' | | *[[Thomas Henry Dyer]], ''The History of the Kings of Rome'' |
| − | *[[Henry C. Liddell]], ''A History of Rome'', book 1, ch. 1-5. | + | *[[Henry C. Liddell]], ''A History of Rome'', book 1, ch. 1–5. |
| | *[[Brooks Adams]], ''The Law of Civilization and Decay'', ch. 1, "The Romans". | | *[[Brooks Adams]], ''The Law of Civilization and Decay'', ch. 1, "The Romans". |
| | *Cook, S.A., ed. et al., ''Cambridge Ancient History'', v. 7, "The Hellenistic Monarchies and the Rise of Rome". | | *Cook, S.A., ed. et al., ''Cambridge Ancient History'', v. 7, "The Hellenistic Monarchies and the Rise of Rome". |