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 NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS 43 Italy. The Aryans, entering Italy about iooo B.C., or earlier, found the Etruscan civilisation before them. They are early distinguish- able in two branches, the Latin and Sabellian. The Latins established cities in Latium, forming a league, of which Rome became the head. Rome, according to tradition, was founded by Romulus in 753 B.C., and was ruled over by seven successive kings, of whom the last was expelled in 509 B.C., when the Roman Republic was established.