History
Rome has its origins on the Palatine. Indeed, recent excavations show that people have lived there since approximately 1000 BC.
According to Livy, after the immigration of the Sabines and the Albans to Rome, the original Romans lived on the Palatine.
Many affluent Romans of the Republican period (c.509 BC – 44 BC) had their residences there. During the Empire (27 BC – 476 AD) several emperors resided there; in fact, the ruins of the palaces of Augustus (27 BC – 14 AD), Tiberius (14 – 37) and Domitian (81 – 96) can still be seen. Augustus also built a temple to Apollo here, beside his own palace.
The Palatine Hill was also the site of the festival of the Lupercalia.
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