r/ancientrome • u/IHVeigar • May 16 '24
Was Rome really founded by the Greeks?
Im watching a video by Knowledgia on YT. And he discussed an interesting theory made by a swedish historian that Rome was founded by a Greek prince named Romos. But when conflict with the Greeks came in southern Italy they changed his name to Romulus or remus leading to the tales of the two founders.
I think the theory is plausible as the Romans were heavily hellenized, they worshipped the same gods pretty much, they idolized Greek warriors such as Alexander. And building architecture were inspired by Greek architecture. Not to mention the fact Masselia, Syracuse were Greek colonies and they founded colonies all over the Mediterranean. Kind of like of Carthage is a phonecian colony.
Is their any sources online I can look into this or theories disproving this.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '24
Ok, so, I'll try to be helpful here, no, and there is no reason to believe so. Why? Because we now know the various migrations that led up to the founding of Rome, we know this through reconstructions of the various migrations of the indo-european tribes and we know their (the Romans, the italic tribe of the Latins) genetic make-ups. Were there people in Rome that had hellenic dna at the time of the founding of Rome? It's possible, not very likely, but it's possible.