Dies Romana

[EstQuodFulmineIungo]

According to Wikipedia, Varro wrote that his friend Lucius Tarutius Firmanus worked out Rome was founded April 21st 753 BC.

Does any of you know where Varro said that exactly, please?

 

[rothbard]

According to Wikipedia, Varro wrote that his friend Lucius Tarutius Firmanus worked out Rome was founded April 21st 753 BC.

Does any of you know where Varro said that exactly, please?

I don't know if the original passage by Varro has survived, however it is cited by Solinus here:

Sed quamquam ista sic congruant, palam est prospero illi augurio deberi gloriam Romani nominis, maxime cum annorum ratio faciat cardinem ueritati: nam, ut adfirmat Varro auctor diligentissimus, Romam condidit Romulus, Marte genitus et Rea Siluia, uel ut nonnulli Marte et Ilia; dictaque primum est Roma quadrata, quod ad aequilibrium foret posita. Ea incipit a silua quae est in area Apollinis, et ad supercilium scalarum Caci habet terminum, ubi tugurium fuit Faustuli. Ibi Romulus mansitauit, qui auspicato murorum fundamenta iecit duodeuiginti natus annos, XI k. Mai., hora post secundam ante tertiam [plenam], sicut L. Tarruntius prodidit mathematicorum nobilissimus, Ioue in piscibus, Saturno Venere Marte Mercurio in scorpione, Sole in tauro, Luna in libra constitutis.

 

[EstQuodFulmineIungo]

Thank you very much.