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Etruscan settlements were frequently built on a hill — the steeper the better — and surrounded by thick walls.
According to Roman mythology, when Romulus and Remus founded Rome, they did so on the Palatine Hill according to Etruscan ritual ; that is, they began with a pomerium or sacred ditch.
Romulus was required to kill Remus when the latter jumped over the wall, breaking its magic spell ( see also under Pons Sublicius ).
The name of Rome is believed by some to be Etruscan, occurring in a standard form stating “ place from which ”: Velzna-χ, “ from Velzna ”, Sveama-χ, “ from Sveama ”, Ruma-χ, “ from Ruma ”.
In 390 BC the city of Rome was attacked by the Gauls, and as a result may have lost many-though not all-of its earlier records.
Certainly, the history of Rome before that date is not as secure as it later becomes, but enough material remains to give a good picture of the development of the city and its institutions.
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