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The prehistory and the birth of Rome
The first traces of settlements in the area date back to the culture of Neanderthal man. In the area of Rome were made several discoveries, the oldest of which refers to the site of Valchetta, with remains dating to 65,000 years ago. In the area of Casal de 'Pazzi, an excavation yielded animal bones dating back about 20,000 years ago, while being the Broken Tower, the excavation for the construction of a technical institute has uncovered remains of human settlement dating back to about 60,000 years ago.
The next tracks date back to the Iron Age and are related to the arrival of Indo-European family of nations (Latin), according to current theories, as part of a general phenomenon of migration that seems to have been conducted towards the Italian peninsula in two successive waves ( group first and then the Faliscan Latin-Umbrian group Sabellus). Some scholars believe that the nations of the Latin Faliscan moved from Central Europe in prehistoric times and settled in the western part of central-southern Tyrrhenian [citation needed]. The Falisci occupied the valley of the Tiber, between the mountains Cimini and Sabatini, while the Latins had settled in Latium Vetus (Old Latium), which ran from the right bank of the final course of the Tiber to the Colli Albani. Their territory bordered that of several other populations, the most important of which was surely that of the Etruscans to the north of the Tiber. The Volsci of Oscan origin, occupied the southern part of Lazio and the Lepine mountains; the Aurunci, riding the Tyrrhenian coast of the border between Lazio and Campania to the north, the Apennines, were the Sabines, to the east Equi . In the valley of Treré, the Ernici controlled the trade route for the region and between Ardea and Anzio, had settled the Rutuli. The location of the future Rome was certainly a crucial role in post at the intersection of the waterway and by land that, through the ford of the Tiber Island, connecting with Etruria, Campania, and the Etruscan world with that of Magna Graecia. Current urbanism has preserved the memory of this passage: Via Lungaretta, which formerly corresponded to the final stretch of the Via Aurelia, go down to the modern bridge Gianicolo Palatine (but that is next to the ruins of the ancient Ponte Sublicio) to be in the market area of the ancient Forum Boarium, hence, along the valley of the Circus Maximus can easily get to the point where forking the Via Latina and the Via Appia. From Wikipedia
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The prehistory and the birth of Rome
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The first traces of settlements in the area date back to the culture of Neanderthal man. In the area of Rome were made several discoveries, the oldest of which refers to the site of Valchetta, with remains dating to 65,000 years ago. In the area of Casal de 'Pazzi, an excavation yielded animal bones dating back about 20,000 years ago, while being the Broken Tower, the excavation for the construction of a technical institute has uncovered remains of human settlement dating back to about 60,000 years ago. The next tracks date back to the Iron Age and are related to the arrival of Indo-European family of nations (Latin), according to current theories, as part of a general phenomenon of migration that seems to have been conducted towards the Italian peninsula in two successive waves ( group first and then the Faliscan Latin-Umbrian group Sabellus). Some scholars believe that the nations of the Latin Faliscan moved from Central Europe in prehistoric times and settled in the western part of central-southern Tyrrhenian [citation needed]. The Falisci occupied the valley of the Tiber, between the mountains Cimini and Sabatini, while the Latins had settled in Latium Vetus (Old Latium), which ran from the right bank of the final course of the Tiber to the Colli Albani. Their territory bordered that of several other populations, the most important of which was surely that of the Etruscans to the north of the Tiber. The Volsci of Oscan origin, occupied the southern part of Lazio and the Lepine mountains; the Aurunci, riding the Tyrrhenian coast of the border between Lazio and Campania to the north, the Apennines, were the Sabines, to the east Equi . In the valley of Treré, the Ernici controlled the trade route for the region and between Ardea and Anzio, had settled the Rutuli. The location of the future Rome was certainly a crucial role in post at the intersection of the waterway and by land that, through the ford of the Tiber Island, connecting with Etruria, Campania, and the Etruscan world with that of Magna Graecia. Current urbanism has preserved the memory of this passage: Via Lungaretta, which formerly corresponded to the final stretch of the Via Aurelia, go down to the modern bridge Gianicolo Palatine (but that is next to the ruins of the ancient Ponte Sublicio) to be in the market area of the ancient Forum Boarium, hence, along the valley of the Circus Maximus can easily get to the point where forking the Via Latina and the Via Appia. From Wikipedia
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