According to legend, ROME was founded by twin brothers- ROMULUS and REMUS.As babies they were raised by a she-wolf, having been abandoned by their uncle on the banks of the TIBER river They were eventually rescued by a shepherd By 509 B.C., the original ETRUSCAN inhabitants of ROME had been driven out, and by 275 B.C., ROME controlled most of ITALY. The PHOENICIANS were great rivals of ROME and they were finally defeated by the ROMANS in the PUNIC WARS (264--146 b.c. ). After this the ROMANS were able to extend their empire with little resistances. The CELTS, theSELEUCID kings, the GREEKS and the EGYPTIANS--all fell before ROMAN power. Only the PARTHIANS in the -east and the GERMANIC tribes NORTH-EAST defied the mighty ROMAN army. ( collected from THE ASSAM TRIBUNE.)
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