Roman foundation myths

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Roman mythology cultural narrative mythology

Roman foundation myths are a collection of legendary narratives, including tales of figures like Romulus and Remus, that explain the origins, early history, and divine favor of the city of Rome.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman mythology ⓘ cultural narrative ⓘ mythology ⓘ
associatedWith	Aeneas NERFINISHED ⓘ Alba Longa NERFINISHED ⓘ Amulius NERFINISHED ⓘ Jupiter NERFINISHED ⓘ Mars NERFINISHED ⓘ Numa Pompilius NERFINISHED ⓘ Numitor NERFINISHED ⓘ Remus NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhea Silvia NERFINISHED ⓘ Romulus NERFINISHED ⓘ Troy NERFINISHED ⓘ Venus NERFINISHED ⓘ the Sabines NERFINISHED ⓘ the seven kings of Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ the she-wolf of the Lupercal ⓘ
culturalContext	ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
documentedIn	Dionysius of Halicarnassus’ Roman Antiquities NERFINISHED ⓘ Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita NERFINISHED ⓘ Plutarch’s Lives NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgil’s Aeneid NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	myth of Aeneas ⓘ myth of Numa Pompilius ⓘ myth of Romulus and Remus NERFINISHED ⓘ myth of the Lupercal and the she-wolf ⓘ myth of the abduction of the Sabine women ⓘ myth of the asylum on the Capitoline ⓘ myth of the founding of Alba Longa ⓘ myth of the rape of Lucretia ⓘ myth of the seven kings of Rome ⓘ
hasTheme	civil strife and reconciliation ⓘ divine favor ⓘ divine origin of Rome ⓘ heroic ancestry ⓘ kinship with Troy ⓘ law and religious institutions ⓘ legitimation of Roman power ⓘ migration and settlement ⓘ relationship with the gods ⓘ violence and foundation ⓘ
narrativeFocus	early history of Rome ⓘ establishment of Roman institutions ⓘ genealogy of Roman people ⓘ origin of the city of Rome ⓘ transition from monarchy to republic ⓘ
partOf	Roman cultural identity ⓘ
timeOfCodification	early Roman Empire ⓘ late Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	moral exempla ⓘ political legitimation in Rome ⓘ religious justification of rituals ⓘ

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