The Foundations of Rome is the perfect introduction to Ancient History GCSE. It introduced learners to the importance of myth and legend within Ancient History as it contains some of the most colourful and exciting stories from Ancient History. Livy’s masterful retelling of these fantastical tales is as relevant now as when Livy wrote them in the aftermath of the Roman civil war. 

Learners will also have the opportunity to use archaeological research to assess how far these legends could be an echo of history or just the tales of poets.

Corrections to print edition

p.7 - second para: Halicarnassus should not be called an island - it is a city on the eastern coast of the Aegean Sea.

p.9 - Porsena should read Bolsena in the caption to Fig. 1.5 and the S&C box

p.44 - Collatinus not Collinatus in third para

p.58 - the text "He told the Senate to replace the plebeians with workers from Rome’s Latin allies. Brutus Lucius Junius and Sicinius presented the case for the plebeians. They reassured the plebeians that the Senate wanted to help them. While speaking to the Senate, they proposed the creation of plebeian magistrates called tribunes." refers to Dionysius account, which is not the source - in reference to Livy, replace with… "Livy suggests that harmony was restored by the creation of plebeian magistrates called tribunes."