The author considers and connects two passages, one by Ennius, and the other by the jurist Pomponius. It would appear that Romulus would not have been the first king, but the first to give order to the Roman community. An order whose archetype had been traced on the ground as the perimeter of the primitive settlement. Ennius would confirm this by reporting that the first king would have reigned over a square: it would be the «Roma quadrata», which can be credibly located on the plateau of the Germalus.
Between archaeology and law. 5. The first king (TRA ARCHEOLOGIA E DIRITTO. 5. IL PRIMO RE)
Umberto Vincenti
2022
Abstract
The author considers and connects two passages, one by Ennius, and the other by the jurist Pomponius. It would appear that Romulus would not have been the first king, but the first to give order to the Roman community. An order whose archetype had been traced on the ground as the perimeter of the primitive settlement. Ennius would confirm this by reporting that the first king would have reigned over a square: it would be the «Roma quadrata», which can be credibly located on the plateau of the Germalus.
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