Part V—Fate of the Roman Nation Rome was founded near the western shore of central Italy during the mid-700’s BCE, and it began as a federation of three tribes. The Romans were a mixture of Nordic, Mediterranean, and Alpine sub-racial strains and, therefore, were for the most part a “Nordkind” people. Having compatible cultures and thought processes, they gradually merged into a single Roman nation. They even developed the doctrine that their nation-state or “civitas” was composed of kindred…..