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Tullus Hostilius
Tullus Hostilius was the third king of Rome (c. 673-641 BC), after the death of Numa Pompilius . Tullus Hostilius was the grandson of the Roman cha...
By Jimmy Joe
Romulus
Romulus was the founder and first king of Rome. Romulus was the son of Mars and Ilia (or Rea Silvia), daughter of Numitor of Alba Longa. Romulus wa...
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Seven Kings of Rome
The following articles contain information about the seven kings who ruled early Rome. The three Etruscan kings were more historical or semi-histor...
By Jimmy Joe
Foundation of Rome
Alba Longa Romulus and Remus Alternative Accounts of the Foundation Alba Longa Aeneas founded a new city called Lavinium or the hero renamed the ci...
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Tales of Rome
Rome was a city on the south-east bank of the Tiber River, in the region called Latium. Rome was often called Roma, which is the proper name for th...
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Seth
The story of Seth, the Egyptian god of chaos, is an interesting one. Though it was not unusual in ancient mythologies for a god to be fallible or e...
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After the War
At the death of Polyneices and Eteocles, Creon again became regent, this time for Laodamas, the young son of Eteocles. Laodamas' reign was brief, r...
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Creon
Ruler and regent of Thebes. Creon (Κρέων) was the son of Menoeceus. Creon was a descendant of the Sparti. He was also the brother of Jocasta or Epi...
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Oedipus
Laïus (Laius or Laios; Λάιος) became the king of Thebes after the death of Amphion and Zethus. He married Jocasta (Ἰοκάστη; some authors call her E...
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Eteocles and Polyneices
Eteocles (Ἐτεοκλἣς) and Polyneices (Πολυνείκης) were the sons of Oedipus and Jocasta . They were brothers of Antigone and Ismene. As brothers, they...
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Cadmus
When Zeus abducted his daughter Europa , Agenor (Ἀγηνωρ) sent his sons to find her, with the order not to come back until Europa was returned to hi...
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Amphion & Zethus
Polydorus (Πολύδωρος) was king of Thebes and the only son of Cadmus . Polydorus married Nycteïs (Nycteis), who bore him a son, Labdacus (Λάβδακος)....