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How much of the Roman founding myth is at least somewhat based in historical events?

by Pipiopo

Was the city actually founded by Trojan refugees, were Romulus and Remus real people or at least based on real people, Was the city founded around 800-700 BC, etc.

gynnis-scholasticus

As you are waiting you might read some earlier answers on this subject. It seems the answer to most of your questions is 'no'.

On the Trojan origin of Rome:

Did Virgil completly invent that the romans were descended from the trojans or is that story older? by u/KiwiHellenist
Were Romans actually once Trojans or is that a myth? by u/LegalAction
Rome’s origin story, of a town founded by criminals and vagabonds, replete with constant war and duplicitous betrayals such as the Rape of the Sabine women, sounds almost barbaric compared to the proud statesmen senators in the later Roman republic. How did the romans themselves view their origin? by u/UndercoverClassicist and u/William_Oakham
Was Rome actually founded by Trojans? by u/tinyblondeduckling

On the Regal period:

Do we have any evidence that there actually was a roman kingdom before the Republic? again by the good u/LegalAction

Further answers by our users are appreciated, of course