| A | B |
|---|
| April 21, 753 BCE | traditional date for founding of Rome |
| SPQR | Senatus Populusque Romanus |
| traditional date for founding of Rome | 753 BCE |
| son of Aeneas | Iulus/Ascanius |
| wedding of Peleus and Thetis | source of Judgement of Paris |
| Judgement of Paris | beauty contest between Minerva (Athena), Venus (Aphrodite), and Juno (Hera) that caused Trojan War |
| Trojan War | Greeks laid siege to Troy for ten years |
| Aeneas | survivor of Troy; led refugees to Italy |
| Lavinium | city founded by Aeneas, which he for three years |
| Alba Longa | city founded by Iulus/Ascanius, which he ruled for 30 years; then ruled by kings for 300 years |
| Romulus | founder of Rome in 753BCE |
| Eris | Goddess of Strife |
| Golden Apple | won by Venus |
| Helen | Paris' "prize" for choosing Venus |
| Remus | killed by Romulus |
| Monarchy | 753-509 BCE |
| 1086 BCE | possible date for fall of historical Troy |
| Heinrich Schliemann | discovered site of Troy |
| basement of the Kremlin | location of Schliemann's Trojan artifacts |
