then taught the natives his gods and sacred rites. Solinus Solinus writes that the Arcadians were the founders of the Palatine Hill and the Pallantium. He also mentions, that there are different stories of why it is named Rome. One version is that when Evander with his people came, there was already a small town built and the youths called it in Latin “Valentia” and he called it in Greek “Rome”. Another version is that after the Trojan war, some Argives came and a captive noble woman named Roma persuaded them to burn their ships. They set up a base, built walls and named the town “Rome” after her. Agathocles though writes that it was named after the daughter of Ascanius, granddaughter of Aeneas. Plutarch Plutarch writes that "some say that the Pelasgians" founded the city and that they called it Rome because of "their strength in war". While "others say" that after Troy fell, some of its people came to Italy and a noble woman, who was called Roma, proposed to burn the ships and live there, so they named the city after her. Eusebius Eusebius in his Chronicon (Eusebius) describe all the different stories about the founding of Rome from many different authors. Romos Another story told how Romos, a son of Odysseus and Circe, was the one who founded Rome. Martin P. Nilsson speculates that this older story was becoming a bit embarrassing as Rome became more powerful and tensions with the Greeks grew. Being descendants of the Greeks was no longer preferable, so the Romans settled on the Trojan foundation myth instead. Nilsson further speculates that the name of Romos was changed by the Romans to the native name Romulus, but the name Romos (later changed to the native Remus) was never forgotten by the people, and so these two names came to stand side by side as founders of the city. Xenagoras writes that Odysseus and Circe had three sons Rhomos (), Anteias () and Ardeias (), who built three cities and called them after their own names (Rome, Anteia and Ardea). Other myths Emperor Julian in his satire called "The Caesars", which describes a contest between the previous Roman emperors with Alexander the Great called in as an extra contestant in the presence of the assembled gods, made Alexander say: "I am aware that you Romans are yourselves descended from the Greeks,..." Date The