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When the Ancient Greeks first colonized Sicily and Southern Italy during the 6th-century BCE, they discovered (as visitors to Italy today still discover), that the "boot" of Italy is absolutely chock-full of the largest oxen that you will ever encounter! (Seriously, some of these beasts stand a full 6-feet tall at the shoulder!) The Ancient Greek word for oxen is Italoi,and in the presence of these omnipresent oxen, the Greeks were inspired to name the place Italia (literally, "the land of oxen").
TWO LEGENDS
ONE At first, a Trojan War hero, Aeneas, traveled to Italy after the war. Twins, Romulus and Remus were descendants of this man. The twins grew up together being raised by a she-wolf. Once the twins grew up, they talked about founding a city, but they fought over the location. Romulus and Remus then fought to the death of Remus. Romulus then traced around the perimeter of his city, Rome.
TWO Latins moved to the land where Rome is today and built a small village. They fell in love with the Greek gods, so they stole the gods and made them their own. One of the goddess they named, Roma, was said to be the guardian of their small village they haven't named yet. Since their goddess' name was Roma, they decided to call their village Roma. Americans think of the place as Rome instead. This village grew to a city and later to an empire!
HOW I KNOW THIS......
I know these two legends because, first of all, I've lived in Italy for 3 years. I wasn't on the mainland though. I was south on an island called Sicily. I lived in Mineo, but it is fairly close to a city in Sicily that is more well known, Catania.
Rome got its name from Romulus and Remus- the two mythical brothers that founded Rome. Romulus and Remus were raised by a shewolf. They grew up to be tempermental and vicious, just like wolves. The brothers fought about their new city's location, so they decided to look for an omen. They couldn't agree, and Romulus killed Remus. Romulus built Rome and named it after himself.
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