Rome Palatine Hill Area

Rome Palatine Hill Area

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The palatine hill lends its name to a number of words such as Palace and Paladin. The hill was traditionally the place where the she wolf bred the twins Romulus and Remus in a cave. Romulus had his own hut here and successive rulers and emperors built their palaces. Archaeologists have uncovered remains of archaic huts dating as far back as the Iron Age (9th Century BC).

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