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Updated: June 12, 2025

Since according to the Roman reckoning the outlines of which were probably fixed in the previous epoch the foundation of Rome took place 240 years before the consecration of the Capitoline temple and 360 years before the burning of the city by the Gauls, and the latter event, which is mentioned also in Greek historical works, fell according to these in the year of the Athenian archon Pyrgion 388 B. C. Ol. 98, i, the building of Rome accordingly fell on Ol. 8, i.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)

Since according to the Roman reckoning the outlines of which were probably fixed in the previous epoch the foundation of Rome took place 240 years before the consecration of the Capitoline temple and 360 years before the burning of the city by the Gauls, and the latter event, which is mentioned also in Greek historical works, fell according to these in the year of the Athenian archon Pyrgion 388 B. C. Ol. 98, i, the building of Rome accordingly fell on Ol. 8, i.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book III : From the Union of Italy to the Subjugation of Carthage and the Greek States