There are two legends of how ancient Rome was founded. The first legend is about two twins named Romulus and Remus who were abandoned near a river by their parents. They live were saved by a wolf and then were raised by a shepherd. In 753 B.C. the twins decide to build a city. Remus made fun of his brother because he built a wall so Romulus killed him. Then Romulus became the King of Rome, the city being named after him.
The second legend is from the Roman poet named Virgil who had written the Aeneid. In this legend, Virgil writes that Aeneas and his ''army'' crossed the Mediterranean Sea and Aeneas discovered Rome. Aeneas married the King's daughter. Several more legends exist and no one is sure how ancient Rome was really founded but they suspect that the Latin's lived on the hills in Italy since 1000 B.C.E.
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