| A | B |
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| Romulus | First king, founder of Rome, son of Mars and Rhea Silvia, brother to Remus |
| Numa Pompilius | Second king, established religious institutions, priesthoods, and traditions |
| Tullus Hostilius | Third king, fought wars against Alba Longa |
| Ancus Marcius | Fourth king, established formal rites for declaring war |
| Lucius Tarquinius Priscus (the Elder) | Fifth king, first Etruscan king, his wife saw a vision that he would be king |
| Servius Tullius | Sixth king, originally a slave in the household of Tarquinius, classified people by wealth, killed by his daughter and son-in-law |
| Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (the Proud) | Seventh and last king, his son raped a woman, enraging the people who then kicked out the monarchy and set up a Republic |
| Rape of the Sabines | Romulus needed women for his new settlement, so he invited the neighboring Sabines over for a festival, kicked out the men and stole all the women. Eventually the women agreed to stay because they'd grown to love their captors. |
| Horatii v. Curiatii | Rather than fight a full-fledged war against Alba Longa, the Romans decided to pit three of their best fighters against three of the Albans' best fighters. The Romans chose the Horatii brothers, the Albans the Curiatii brothers. The Roman brother won. |
| Declaration of War | To declare war, a special priest had to throw a spear toward the temple of Bellona (Roman goddess of War) |
| Vestal Virgins | Priestesses of Vesta, they were chaste and kept the city hearth (fire) burning at all times. |
| Pontifex Maximus | The chief priest of Rome |
| Tanaquil | The wife of Tarquinius Priscus (the Elder) who was allegedly able to interpret omens. |
| Rape of Lucretia | Tarquinius Superbus (the Proud) had a son who raped a woman named Lucretia because he fell in love with her. She was so upset she killed herself. Her husband and his friends then demanded the king and his family leave Rome, and they set up a Republic government. |
| Brutus | Lucretia's husband's friend, one of the first consuls (elected rulers). |
| Collatinus | Lucretia's husband |
| Hills | By the time the last king was kicked out, the border of Rome included 7 hills. |
| Alba Longa | City from which Romulus and Remus originated. |
| Etruria | Region north of Rome from which the last three kings came. |
