Origo gentis Romanae

The Origo gentis Romanae ("origin of the Roman people") is a short historiographic literary compilation. It narrates the origins of the Roman people, beginning with Saturn and ending with Romulus. The work was earlier associated with Aurelius Victor, but it is no longer believed to be by his hand.

Start of the Origo in the Brussels manuscript

There are two manuscript copies of the Origo: MS 9755-63 in the Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels and MS Canon. Class. Lat. 131 in the Bodleian Library in Oxford. Both date to the fifteenth century.^[1]