The Founding of Rome (TV Series)

The Founding of Rome is a TV series set in the Ancient Rome Cinematic Universe. It is mostly set between the years 771 and 717 B.C and follows the life of Romulus, the first king of Rome. The series is set after the movie, Aeneid.

The series is three seasons long. Like the rest of the ARCU, the film is mostly historically accurate, with some minor adjustments in order to make it cinematic.

Season 1

 * Amulius overthrows his brother King Numitor as king of Alba Longa. Numitor is the great-grandson of King Aeneas. Numitor's son is killed, and his daughter, Rhea Silvia, was forced to be a Vestal Virgin.
 * Rhea becomes pregnant by the god Mars, has twins, Romulus and Remus. Amilius learns of this, so has a servant kill them. The servant instead floats them along a riverbank, where they are accompanied by a She-Wolf.
 * The twins are brought up by a herdsman, Faustulus, and his wife, Acca Larentia.
 * The twins are fortuitously placed in between a conflict between Amulius and Numitor's supporters, and they learn of their origin. Remus is captured by Amulius, but Numitor recalls Romulus and they save Remus and kill Amulius. Numitor is named king again.

Season 2

 * Romulus and Remus set out to establish a new city, fighting enemies along the way.
 * They return to the hills overlooking the Tiber.
 * Romulus and Remus continuously struggle and have a climactic fight between them when they cannot decide where to place the city. Remus is killed, and so is Faustulus, who tried to intervene.

Season 3

 * Romulus is sole king of the new city, called Rome.
 * Rape of the Sabine Women storyline.
 * Remus haunts Romulus.
 * Romulus disappears in a treacherous storm, after a thirty-seven year reign as king.

Cast

 * Romulus (Seasons 1-3)
 * Remus (Seasons 1-3)
 * Rhea Salvini (Seasons 1-2)
 * Faustulus (Seasons 1-2)
 * Tarpeia (Season 3)
 * Numitor (Seasons 1-3)
 * Amulius (Season 1)
 * Titus Tatius (Season 3)
 * Acca Larentia (Seasons 1-3)
 * Mars (Seasons 1-3)
 * Numa Pompilius (Season 3)
 * The Sibyl of Cumae (Seasons 2-3)