The Birth of Rome

Tides of History

Wondery / Patrick Wyman

Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Rome eventually became the heart of one of the largest and most powerful empires the world has ever known, but in the beginning, it was just a collection of villages on the Tiber River. How those villages merged and became a city, then a state, is one of the crucial stories in human history.

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0:07.0	The Honking Geese woke the family just before dawn.
0:19.6	The geese were drawn to the river nearby, but they had a habit of betting down for the
0:22.9	night on the hilltops, close enough to make the mornings far shorter than the family
0:26.3	would prefer.
0:27.9	The dull, muted light that preceded Sunrise had only barely begun to make its way through
0:31.9	the tiny gaps and chinks in the walls and roof of their hut.
0:35.7	The dog lay next to the central hearth, flat on its back with its paws in the air, enjoying
0:40.0	the last bit of warmth from last night's fire.
0:43.0	The cat was nowhere to be seen, perhaps asleep in the hut's rafters, or stalking an unfortunate
0:47.0	mouse in one of the sunken, floored storage huts next to their domicile.
0:51.6	The woman was the first one awake, as she always was.
0:54.8	She stepped around the snoring dog, grabbed a stick, and stirred the embers of the fire
0:58.2	back to life.
1:00.0	Throwing aside the thick woolen drapery that covered the hut's doorway, she stepped
1:03.0	out into the grey dawn.
1:05.2	The hut's location near the top of the hill gave her a panoramic view of the surrounding
1:09.0	landscape.
1:10.9	Their cluster of huts was separated from the neighboring group of equally humble structures
1:14.6	by a small garden plot and a paddock with an elderly horse and two milk cows.
1:19.7	The whole hillside was covered with similar clusters.
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