Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Translators’ Note vii
4. Abbreviations ix
5. Preface xiii
6. 1. The twins
7. 1. The Vestal and the she-wolf 1
8. 2. Grandparents and ancestors 9
9. 3. An adolescence in the bosom of ‘nature’: the world of the luperci 15
10. 4. At the conquest of Alba 23
11. 2. The foundation
12. 1. On the site of Rome: taking the auspices, and the death of Remus 29
13. 2. ‘Roma Quadrata’ and the pomerium 35
14. 3. The civic body and its organs 38
15. 4. The abduction of the women and the war against the Sabines 44
16. 5. From the domestic fires of the curiae to the hearth of Vesta 47
17. 6. Archaeology and the ‘rights’ of criticism 53
18. 7. Settlements and festive rituals: from Romulus to Tullus Hostilius 55
19. 3. Romulus’ government and his wars
20. 1. Romulus ‘the lawgiver’ 65
21. 2. The calendar 70
22. 3. The joint reign of Romulus and Titus Tatius 74
23. 4. Romulus’ wars 80
24. 4. The disappearance of the founder: Romulus ‘cut into pieces’ or his apotheosis
25. 1. The founder’s disappearance: two traditions 85
26. 2. The ascent into heaven: the highly ambiguous characteristics of a tradition 89
27. 3. Romulus and the god Quirinus 93
28. 4. The dismemberment of the body: comparativist perspectives 96
29. 5. Romulus in the South Seas 99
30. 6. A Roman view: the disappearance of Romulus and the foundation of the comitia 100
31. 7. The body of Romulus and the origins of the patriciate 101
32. 8. The death of Romulus and the destiny of Caesar 107
33. Epilogue 113
34. Appendix I. The ambiguous status of Tarpeia 121
35. Appendix II. A wall at the foot of the Palatine Hill 125
36. Notes 131
37. Bibliography 169
38. Index 171