Sources

• Livy


  main source for everything

  e.g. Story of Romulus and Remus
• Bolsena Mirror


  found in Etruscan city

  suggests that the Romulus and Remus myth was well established by the century 4BC

  raises possibility that myth might have been Etruscan tradition adopted by the Romans
• Lapis Niger Stele(570-550BC)


  discovered in Roman Forum

  suggests existence of kings but not Romulus or any other legendary Kings