Book 1, Earliest Rome: Chapter 2, Rome Under the Kings Summary and Analysis

With the death of the founding father King Romulus, there was an obvious need to address the political situation. Vulnerability did not make them safer, especially given the reality that effective use of force against the others went into what had made them successful at Rome in the first place. He ruled for 37 years.

There was a group of legislators who formed a senate. The second King of Rome focused on peacetime and civilizing the city's culture. This was the reign of King Numa Pompilius who unanimously elected by the people. He encouraged the obedient common people to attend to religion and so they did. Numa ruled for 43 years and had transformed the perception of Rome into one of a peaceful, well disciplined location.

Numa was followed...