User:Bregresch/Dionysius of Halicarnassus

Fixed/plan to fix format issues (extra commas, extra spaces, typos, etc.)

Added the mention of Faustulus in the description of first version of the Romulus and Remus myth; article makes it sound like Faustulus is only present in second version of the myth when the only real difference is the presence of the "she-wolf".

Added links to other articles. List below.


 * Tiber River, prominent stream of water that runs through Rome
 * Faustulus, Romulus and Remus' foster father
 * Numitor, Romulus and Remus' maternal grandfather
 * Remoria
 * Augury
 * Celeres, personal bodyguard of the king established by Romulus
 * Sabines, group of people from Italy (simply moved the link to the first instance of Sabines being mentioned rather than the end of the article)
 * Rape of the Sabine Women
 * Consualia festival

Will be cleaning up the excessively messy "Institutions" and "Sabine women and the death of Romulus" sections since there are grammar issues/typos in almost every sentence.

Adding citations where they are lacking. One aim is to add various throughout the article's recounting of the Romulus and Remus myth so that the information is easier to find out of the 500+ pages in volume 1 of Roman Antiquities. List below.

Changed "Education and foundation of Rome" to "Falling out and foundation of Rome" since the section only has a brief sentence on education and I have added the story of Romulus and Remus' falling out.
 * 1) Added a citation in the opening sentence of the article to Dionysius' Roman Antiquities where he directly states he began writing his histories during the reign of Augustus Caesar.
 * 2) Added a citation to the adoption of Romulus and Remus by the she-wolf and Faustulus.
 * 3) Cited the second version of the myth where Numitor swaps the children out.
 * 4) Cited quote of Romulus and Remus' augury.
 * 5) Cited Remus' death.
 * 6) -not my citation-
 * 7) Cited the Rape of the Sabine Women in Dionysius' Roman Antiquities.

Elaborated the Rape of the Sabine Women

Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Dionysius of Halicarnassus ( Διονύσιος Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἁλικαρνασσεύς, Dionúsios Alexándrou Halikarnasseús ; c. 60 – after 7 ) was a Greek historian and teacher of rhetoric , who flourished during the reign of Augustus Caesar.

Book I
Mythic early history of Italy and its people. Book I also narrates the history of Aeneas and his progeny as well as Dionysius' telling of the Romulus and Remus myth, ending at the death of Remus.

Origins and survival in the wild
Citing Fabius, Cincius, Porcius Cato, and Piso, Dionysius recounts the most common tale, whereby the twins are to be tossed into the Tiber; are left at the site of the ficus Ruminalis; and rescued by a she-wolf who nurses them in front of her lair (the Lupercal) before being adopted by Faustulus.

In this version, Numitor managed to switch the twins at birth with two other infants.

Falling out and foundation of Rome
When the time came to actually construct the city of Rome, the two brothers disputed over the particular hill upon which Rome should be built, Romulus favoring the Palatine Hill and Remus favoring what later came to be known as Remoria (possibly the Aventine Hill). Eventually, the two deferred their decision to the gods at the advice of their grandfather. Using the birds as omens, the two brothers decided "he to whom the more favourable birds first appeared should rule the colony and be its leader." Since Remus saw nine vultures first, he claimed that the gods chose him and Romulus claimed that since he saw a greater (the "more favorable") number of vultures, the gods chose him. Unable to reach a conclusion, the two brothers and their followers fought, ultimately resulting in the death of Remus. After his brother's death, a saddened Romulus buried Remus at the site of Remoria, giving the location its namesake.

Institutions
A Separation of power and measures to increase manpower were also instituted, as were Rome's religious customs and practices and a variety of legal measures praised by Dionysius.

A system of patronage (clientela), a senate (attributed by Dionysius to Greek influence) and a personal bodyguard of 300 of the strongest and fittest among the nobles were also established: the latter, the celeres, were so-named either for their quickness, or, according to Valerius Antias, for their commander.

Rape of the Sabine and death of Romulus
Following his institutional account, Dionysus described the famous abducting of the Sabine women. Romulus wished to cement relations with neighboring cities through intermarriage, but none of them found the fledgling city of Rome worthy of their daughters. To overcome this, Romulus arranged a festival in honor of Neptune (the Consualia) and invited the surrounding cities to attend. At the end of the festival, Romulus and the young men seized all the virgins at the festival and planned to marry them according to their customs.

After the death of Tatius, however, Romulus became more dictatorial until he met his end, either through actions divine or earthly. One tale tells of a "darkness" that took Romulus from his war camp to take him to his father in heaven. Another source claims that Romulus was killed by his Roman countrymen after releasing hostages, showing favoritism, and exhibiting excessive cruelty in his punishments of crime.