What is a palantine in ancient Rome?

Answer 1

The Palatine Hill (Palatino) is considered to be the place where Rome was born. One of Rome's seven hills, the Palatine Hill is closely linked with the city's history and houses some of its most ancient and important sites.

Legend says that the twins Romulus and Remus were taken to Palatine Hill by a she-wolf who raised them. Here they founded a village which would become Rome.

In a dispute over who was the rightful leader of the new settlement, Romulus eventually killed his brother at the Palatine Hill. Romulus thus became the namesake of Rome. Indeed, the Palatine Hill is where the earliest huts of Rome were found, supposedly built under the remit of Romulus.