Welcome to History and Mysteries. I am your host, and today we are traveling back to the very dawn of Western civilization. We are standing on the dusty banks of the Tiber River in the 8th century BC. A new city has been founded: Rome. But this isn't the eternal city of marble and empire that we know. It is a rough settlement of outlaws, exiles, and adventurers. It is a city with a king, a wall, and a name—but it has no future. Because in the city of Romulus, there are no women.

The Mystery of the First Romans Romulus had opened an "asylum" on the Capitoline Hill, welcoming anyone seeking a fresh start. While this grew the population quickly, it created a demographic crisis. The neighboring tribes—the Caeninenses, the Antemnates, and most importantly, the Sabines—looked at these Romans with contempt. They refused t ...