The Foolish Horseman
03-02-2007, 18:33
Here i am gonna post my article "the tale of rome- from the fall of troy to the death of augustus" enjoy!!!
Chapter 1- Lady Roma
thousands of years ago, Troy, arguably the greatest city on the continent of asia minor, fell to the greeks. Many of the native Trojans had defended their city walls with fierce competitiveness and comendable bravery, but nobody fighted as bravely or as efficiently as the Trojan prince Aeneas. But, as Aeneas saw the once great city of Troy burning, he fled, carrying his father on his shoulders, and holding his son Ascanius' hand. Also, such was the religous signifacance to him was the sacred image of the goddess Pallas that he too saved this from the raging inferno that used to be Troy.
The gods, pleased with his reverance, decided to reward Aeneas by helping him in his journey by building a magnificent ship for him. When Aebeas reached the coast, he and his fellow Trojans that survived the attack embarked upon this ship, and set sail, searching for a land to build the new Troy.
A short way into this journey, Aeneas noticed that a sign from the gods was always visible in the sky whether it was the dark of mudnight or the bright of noon. Aeneas, percepting this as a way of giving directions, order the captain of the ship to sail in the direction of this Deity-induced star.
After sailing for several weeks, the Trojans finally spotted the land they were to call home. They disembarked the ship at a port called Latium, on the western coast of Italy. The Trojans' wifes were very weary of the sea, and no sooner had they built a small colony in Italy, they were devising several schemes to make sure they did not have to travel further, and that their husbands could be persuaded to build the new Troy here, in the pleasant country they had discovered.
For several weeks, the wives tried plan after plan, but alas none worked. In the end, it was a woman of noble birth and infinite wisdom called Roma to propose a scheme that would work. Roma's plan was to burn the ship they had sailed to Italy in, so that their husbands could not travel any further, and would be forced to settle in this heavenly land.
After much deliberation over a period of several weeks, the other women agreed to her plan. And so, with mingled hope and fear, the women set the ship alight. When the men returned from hunting to see the raging inferno that was swiftly engulfing the ship, they were fairly unhappy, but when they found out that their own wives were the cause behind the fire, they were furious.
But soon they realised that anger and frustration could not bring their ship back, the men slowly began to settle down into live in Italy. They chose a settling palce near a hill they named Palatine, and built a city.
This is where their is dispute between historians and archaelogists alike. Some sources say that the city built there was Rome, named after the woman who had first thought up the idea of settling in Italy.
Other sources tell a totally different tale. These state that when Aeneas and his Trojan followers landed at Latium, they were greeted by King Latinus, the king of Italy. King Latinus welcomed the Trojans into his kingdom, gifting them Land to build their city on. Latinus even permitted Aeneas to marry his daughter, Princess Lavinia, and named the city they built Lavinium in her honor.
Soon after this, King Latinus was killed in battle with the Etruscans, who now ruled Italy. Aeneas soon became king of what little land Latinus had retained, and ruled with amazing courage and wisdom, not only over his loyal Trojans, but also his father-in-laws royal subjects for three years. He called his subjects the Latins, in memory of his father in law.
But after these three years, war broke out with the Etruscans again, and Aeneas and the Latins fought fiercely against the Etruscans. One day, a terrible storm swept over the battlefield so that both armies could not see each other, as the sky was so dark.
When the storm lifted, Aeneas was nowhere to be seen, and never walked the earth again. The Latins believed the Gods had taken him up to join them, so they built a temple to Jupiter (who the Latins Believed Aeneas had become) on the site of the battlefield.
Ascanius, who had fled the fire and flames of Troy with his father, now ruled over the kingdom at Lavinium. But, as legend states, he found that Lavinium was not big enough for his subjects, so he left Lavinium and buitl a new city called Alba Longa (the long white city), in the midst of the Alban Hills, not far from where Rome was soon to be built.
Chapter 1- Lady Roma
thousands of years ago, Troy, arguably the greatest city on the continent of asia minor, fell to the greeks. Many of the native Trojans had defended their city walls with fierce competitiveness and comendable bravery, but nobody fighted as bravely or as efficiently as the Trojan prince Aeneas. But, as Aeneas saw the once great city of Troy burning, he fled, carrying his father on his shoulders, and holding his son Ascanius' hand. Also, such was the religous signifacance to him was the sacred image of the goddess Pallas that he too saved this from the raging inferno that used to be Troy.
The gods, pleased with his reverance, decided to reward Aeneas by helping him in his journey by building a magnificent ship for him. When Aebeas reached the coast, he and his fellow Trojans that survived the attack embarked upon this ship, and set sail, searching for a land to build the new Troy.
A short way into this journey, Aeneas noticed that a sign from the gods was always visible in the sky whether it was the dark of mudnight or the bright of noon. Aeneas, percepting this as a way of giving directions, order the captain of the ship to sail in the direction of this Deity-induced star.
After sailing for several weeks, the Trojans finally spotted the land they were to call home. They disembarked the ship at a port called Latium, on the western coast of Italy. The Trojans' wifes were very weary of the sea, and no sooner had they built a small colony in Italy, they were devising several schemes to make sure they did not have to travel further, and that their husbands could be persuaded to build the new Troy here, in the pleasant country they had discovered.
For several weeks, the wives tried plan after plan, but alas none worked. In the end, it was a woman of noble birth and infinite wisdom called Roma to propose a scheme that would work. Roma's plan was to burn the ship they had sailed to Italy in, so that their husbands could not travel any further, and would be forced to settle in this heavenly land.
After much deliberation over a period of several weeks, the other women agreed to her plan. And so, with mingled hope and fear, the women set the ship alight. When the men returned from hunting to see the raging inferno that was swiftly engulfing the ship, they were fairly unhappy, but when they found out that their own wives were the cause behind the fire, they were furious.
But soon they realised that anger and frustration could not bring their ship back, the men slowly began to settle down into live in Italy. They chose a settling palce near a hill they named Palatine, and built a city.
This is where their is dispute between historians and archaelogists alike. Some sources say that the city built there was Rome, named after the woman who had first thought up the idea of settling in Italy.
Other sources tell a totally different tale. These state that when Aeneas and his Trojan followers landed at Latium, they were greeted by King Latinus, the king of Italy. King Latinus welcomed the Trojans into his kingdom, gifting them Land to build their city on. Latinus even permitted Aeneas to marry his daughter, Princess Lavinia, and named the city they built Lavinium in her honor.
Soon after this, King Latinus was killed in battle with the Etruscans, who now ruled Italy. Aeneas soon became king of what little land Latinus had retained, and ruled with amazing courage and wisdom, not only over his loyal Trojans, but also his father-in-laws royal subjects for three years. He called his subjects the Latins, in memory of his father in law.
But after these three years, war broke out with the Etruscans again, and Aeneas and the Latins fought fiercely against the Etruscans. One day, a terrible storm swept over the battlefield so that both armies could not see each other, as the sky was so dark.
When the storm lifted, Aeneas was nowhere to be seen, and never walked the earth again. The Latins believed the Gods had taken him up to join them, so they built a temple to Jupiter (who the Latins Believed Aeneas had become) on the site of the battlefield.
Ascanius, who had fled the fire and flames of Troy with his father, now ruled over the kingdom at Lavinium. But, as legend states, he found that Lavinium was not big enough for his subjects, so he left Lavinium and buitl a new city called Alba Longa (the long white city), in the midst of the Alban Hills, not far from where Rome was soon to be built.