Ive recently become entralled with the history of Rome, beginning with a youtube channel called Historia Civilis. Great videos describing Roman war tactics, but now im interested in pretty much all of Roman history. The biggest challenge ive faced is finding any credible sources regarding Rome. For example; many websites ive been to dont even reference Romulus as the founder, yet i know he existed to some extent. Maybe im mistaken in thinking him and his twin brother started the wheels of Rome, but so far any sources i find that dont even mention Romulus ive learned to distrust. Obviously it would be far too much to type in a reddit comment, does anyone know of a great source for Roman history? Idealy I would love to see a robust timeline with emperors, there actions and events within Rome, there campaigns and relations with other countries, and so on. Thank you for your time!
Well, you can easily start here by checking out the ancient Rome section of the FAQ for questions answered within this sub (and be sure to make note of the cited sources for possible reading material). Likewise the AskHistorians booklist has a section for Ancient Rome. Check on the sidebar for those.
For example, the booklist's recommended, Ancient Rome: A Military and Political History by Christopher Mackay seems like it would help you get the serious and more scholarly overview that you're looking for.
If it's still not enough, you will also need to read some of the main actual Roman sources coming from the likes of Caesar, Livy, Suetonius, and Tacitus. You can find all of these online for free. For example here are links to the Gallic Wars and the Civil Wars by Julius Caesar. They aren't terribly difficult reads either.
http://classics.mit.edu/Caesar/gallic.html
http://classics.mit.edu/Caesar/civil.html
Finally, while it's not necessarily scholarly, I would recommend The History of Rome podcast by Mike Duncan. It will definitely help in the overview department. If you've never really studied Roman history before, you'll probably find it quite in-depth actually. Additionally, it's nice because you can listen to it while you're doing other things.
If you want to get really in depth -- pick up some books by Adrian Goldsworthy. His writing is captivating. He focuses more on the Roman Army and her generals, but war was how Rome kept chugging along, so it's worth understanding how they fought.
As for Romulus -- the role he played in the founding of Rome (or if he even existed) is a really contentious point in Roman history! The truth is we really don't know. But definitely read about the Roman Kings and the overthrow of Tarquinius/the birth of the Republic.
You're getting into something pretty deep! A small city state ruled by a monarch turned a republic that stretches throughout the Mediterranean turned an Empire that keeps stretching to a split between the east and the west. Enjoy it!