According to legend, Rome was founded by the twins Romulus and Remus on April 21, 753 BC. Romulus began to build walls on the Palatine Hill, but Remus jeered at them because they were so low. He leaped over them to prove this, and Romulus in anger killed him. Romulus continued the building of the new city, naming it Roma after his own name. Click the button to return to the game.