Iron Age proto-Latin archaeological culture of Latium (central-western Italy), whose communities — including early Rome — developed the Latin language and laid the social foundations for the Roman state.
Dissolved as a distinct archaeological culture around 700 BCE as Iron Age Latium transitioned from the proto-Latin tribal phase into the urban, politically organized period associated with the kings of Alba Longa and the foundation of the Roman Kingdom traditionally dated to 753 BCE.
Standard scholarly synthesis of early Rome and Latium through the end of the regal period, drawing heavily on Latial culture archaeology.
A standard scholarly survey of the archaeological evidence for early Rome and Latium, covering the Iron Age Latial culture's settlements, burials, and material record.