This Day In History - Rome Founded 753 BC

Rome Founded 753 BC

Monday, April 21, 2025

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Event Description

According to tradition, on April 21, 753 B.C., Romulus and his twin brother, Remus, found Rome on the site where they were suckled by a she-wolf as orphaned infants. Actually, the Romulus and Remus myth originated sometime in the fourth century B.C., and the exact date of Rome's founding was set by the Roman scholar Marcus Terentius Varro in the first century B.C.

Event Location

Rome, Italy