Part 2: Let the Games Begin
As you know, after his brother’s death, Romulus took steps to fortify the Palantine, and in no time the fortress had grown into his new city on the hill -- Rome. It was Romulus who divided the army into cohorts of one hundred men, and assigned a captain to each – the first Centurions. He also created the senators, thus bestowing upon us our first politicians -- a dubious achievement. Still, Romulus knew that it took more than strong walls, a disciplined army, and a ruling class to build a flourishing state. Since Rome was founded by the remnants of the Trojan army, it remained a masculine state with manly virtues. But the shortage of women was so serious that it was obvious: Rome’s new-found strength would last no more than a single generation unless something
