The Palatine Hill is at the center of the rest of the seven hills of Rome. According to Commendare Boni, the Palatine is the most important of the Roman hills. The Palatine Hill towers 40 feet above the Roman Forum and Circus Maximus. The hill was carved out of volcanic sediments eroded over the years by the Tiber. It was originally the location of a Bronze Age settlement, as archaeological excavations have found evidence of human habitation as early as the 10th century BC. The hill also plays an important role in Roman mythology. The hill has been used in many different ways since classical, medieval and modern times. The hill evolved from an ancient Latin colony to an affluent residential area for nobles and emperors during the Roman Republic and Empire, and finally to a residence for religious figures in the Middle Ages. The first evidence of habitation on Palatine Hill were archaic huts. built by the first Latin settlers. These huts contained Bronze Age pottery and tools that testified to a relatively primitive settlement that lived on the Palatine. It is assumed that these settlers were driven to the Palatine by volcanic eruptions in the Albanian hills. The hill also plays an important role in Roman mythology via the story of the twins: Remus and Romulus. Roman mythology posits that the twins were deposited at the foot of the Palatine Hill after being abandoned on the Tiber River to die. They were found by a she-wolf, Lupa, and raised to adulthood on Palatine Hill. Romulus is believed to have founded Rome on Palatine Hill after killing his brother Remus. Even in subsequent years, the festival of Lupercalia was celebrated on February 15 on the Pala...... middle of paper ......of Lupercalia. The time of the Republican era of Rome. “Palatine Hill, Rome.” A view of the cities. Np, and Web. March 24, 2011. .Thompson, DLThe Roman Senate Meetings on the Palatine.American Journal of Archaeology.Vol. 85, no. 3 (July 1981), pp. 335-339. Published by: Archaeological Institute of America. Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/504178Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association.Vol. 84, (1953), pp. 35-59. Published by: The Johns Hopkins University Press. Stable article URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/283397Walter Allen, Jr. The House of Cicero and Libertas. Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association.Vol. 75, (1944), pp. 1-9. Published by: The Johns Hopkins University Press. Article stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/283304.