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According
to Roman mythology, the Palatine hill was where Romulus and Remus were
found by the she-wolf that kept them alive. According to this legend,
the shepherd Faustulus found the infants and, with his wife, Acca
Larentia, raised the children. When they were older this is where
Romulus decided to build Rome.The Palatine Hill was the most ancient
part of Rome. According to tradition, together with the shepherds coming
from Albalonga, Romolo founded the "Square Rome" which - after
the famous rape of the Sabines and the union of that powerful people of
farmers, developped more and more always keeping, since then, the
original name Roma. Later the hill was inhabited by wealthy and rich
Romans who, attracted by the splendid position, built here their own
villas and palaces. Here, in 63 b.C., was born Ottaviano, who later
adopted by Julius Caesar, became the first emperor of Rome with the name
of Augustus. His very simple lifestyle and his attachment to the site,
had him chose the Palatine as the ideal place to have his Imperial
Palace built, the Domus Augustana, which was consacreted in 26 b.C. |
