The stories featured in Greaking Out are usually original adaptations of classic Greek myths.

This week's story features a hero of the Trojan War, more shepherd to her actually princes,

love leading to inconvenient babies and deadly sibling rivalry.

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It's finally here, the field trip you've been asking for.

We read the reviews so we know it lies in your heart and today we are finally bringing you the very

first ever Roman edition of Greaking Out. Yes, that's right. You can officially call this week's

episode Roman Around if you want to because today we are telling you the famous story of the

founding of the city of Rome. Today Rome is the capital city of Italy but it is also home to

Vatican City which is technically its own country so it can be accurately said that Rome is actually

the capital of two different countries. Important tourist tip, thank you Oracle but our story

today starts way way back well before this city was even a thing. It starts with the hero Anius.

A hero of the Trojan War and one of the only surviving members of the Trojan royal family.

Right and he had many adventures that led him to land in the beautiful countryside of Italy

where he eventually settled in the country and founded the city of Lavinium. Many generations

down the line his descendants founded another city called Albalonga which we'll be talking about

today. This kingdom began to prosper and two young men were born into the royal family. They were

named Numator and Amulius. By this time in history Albalonga had grown very wealthy and Numator

ascended the throne of a thriving kingdom. Numator didn't have any sons himself he only had a

daughter named Rea Silvia and this might be why his little brother decided to challenge him for

the throne. By taking control of the treasury Amulius was able to stage a quick revolt and take

over the kingdom. He locked Numator in a dungeon and forced Rea to become a priestess to the goddess Vesta

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