History of Ancient Rome > Kings of Rome
The Regal Period means the time of the kings, an era mired in legends with only bits and pieces of information deemed factual. Rule over the land and people was by kings, although these were not like the despots of Europe or the East. A group of the people known as the curia elected the king, so the position wasn't hereditary. There was also a senate of elders who advised the kings. This was when the Roman identity was forged, when the descendants of the legendary Aeneas married possibly forcibly abducted, Sabine women and when Etruscans sometimes wore the crown.
