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. Palatine Hill towers 40 feet above the Roman Forum and Circus Maximus. The hill was sculpted by volcanic sediments eroded over the years by the Tiber River. It was originally the site of a Bronze Age settlement as archaeological excavations have found evidence of human settlements as early as the 10th century BC. The hill also maintains a prominent role in Roman mythology. The hill has been used in many different ways from the classical, medieval and modern ages. The hill evolved from a Paleo-Latin settlement, to a wealthy 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 settlements on the Palatine Hill were archaic huts built by the first Latin settlers. These huts contained Bronze Age pottery and tools that provided evidence of a relatively primitive settlement living on the Palatine. It is hypothesized that these settlers were pushed towards the Palatine by the volcanic eruptions of the Alban hills. The hill also plays an important role in Roman mythology through the story of the twins: Remus and Romulus. Roman mythology postulates that the twins were laid at the foot of the Palatine Hill after being left to die on the Tiber River. They were found by a she-wolf, Lupa, and raised to adulthood on the Palatine Hill. Romulus is believed to have founded Rome on the Palatine Hill after killing his brother Remus. Even in the following years the Lupercalia festival was celebrated on February 15th on the Pala......half paper......of the Lupercalia. The time of republican Rome. "Palatine Hill, Rome." A look at the cities. Np, nd Web. March 24, 2011. .Thompson, D.L. The Meetings of the Roman Senate on the Palatine.American Journal of Archaeology.Vol. 85, No. 3 (July 1981), pp. 335-339.Published by: Archeological 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. Cicero's House 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.