Rome was founded in 753 BC
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According to legend, Rome was founded on April 21, 753 BC, by Romulus.
He became its first king after killing his twin brother, Remus, following a dispute over which hill upon which to build.
Palatine Hill was favored by Romulus and the Aventine Hill was favored by Remus.
Romulus founded the city on Palatine Hill, named it Rome, established the Senate, and created the first military units.
The twins were purportedly sons of Mars and abandoned at the Tiber River before being nursed by a she-wolf.
Romulus and Remus were grandsons of Numitor of Alba Longa.
They were ordered to be drowned but were spared and raised by a shepherd and his wife, Faustulus and Acca Larentia.
The traditional date of 753 B.C. was established by scholar Marcus Terentius Varro.
The story serves more as a foundational myth connecting Rome to divinity and noble ancestry than as literal historical fact.