Hello,
I know, this topic is somewhat out of date, but I just read it and think I can shed some light on the origin of the name
Rome:
"About 575/50 the etruscans occupied the rustic settlements at the lower course of the
tiber, drained the
forum valley by a discharge conduit (the
cloaca maxima) and founded an urban community, that got the name
Roma after the ruling
gens of the Rumlna."
(W.
Dalheim "Die griechisch-römische Antike -
Rom", UTB 1997)
Another source (getting some more translating practice
):
"Not even the proud name of
rome comes from (...) the hillsettlers. Today, it is known without doubt where the name of the eternal city and it's so called founder come from: "
Romulus, the mythic first ruler" professor Lopez Pegna states "never existed. Contrary to the report of Livius, the city didn't take the name of the founder. The latin name "
Roma" came at first from the etruscan name Rumlua and only then the adjective
romulus was formed"
(W.Keller "Die Etrusker" Knaur 1970)