This
early guess at what an ancient map of rome would have looked like has much to
tell us in spite of its vast simplification. In this ancient map of Rome we can
see the marshy area called the Velabro where Romulus and Remus were supposedly
found by the She-Wolf. This area later became a trading port and Forum Boarium
(the cattle market).
The map also gives us an idea of the initially square shape of the city according to the sacred furrow ploughed by Romulus. The emperors' palaces were traditionally on the Palatine (hence the word "Palace") following Romulus' tradition.
After its founding the city expanded across to the Capitoline hill which was itself made of two promontories.
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