On this Day: April 21st

On this day, April 21st 753, the city of Rome is founded. No one knows who exactly founded Rome but the myth of the time is that the brothers named Romulus and Remus who were raised by a she-wolf after they were orphaned as infants, settled the small city state that expanded over time. The city state would continue to expand until it became its own empire and thriving civilization. Rome would later become one of the biggest and most feared empires in the world with dozens of imitators looking to restore it.

At the time, nobody in the surrounding areas of Rome really cared or thought much of a new city state being founded. No one knew how big Rome would eventually become but that's fair enough, after all no one can see into the future. When Rome began conquering other places and expanding its borders other nations must have been worried about it. It was only a matter of time before Rone was the biggest empire on the planet, and with good reason.

Today, ruins of Rome such as the Collisieum still stand in Italy and can be visited. Over the years since Rome's downfall, many civilizations have tried (and failed) to restore the great empire to its full glory. While that seemed to be a trend in early days, now, people seem content with leaving it in the past. Roman culture still works its way into our culture today. Video games, books, movies, shows, almost all forms of media have a Roman story told through them. And why wouldn't they? Rome was a great empire that deserves to be remembered throughout history and the years to come.