The latter dethroned Numitor, and so that there is no offspring that could steal the throne, he condemned his daughter, Rhea Silvia, to be a priestess of God Vesta to remain a virgin.
Despite this, Rhea Silvia gave birth to the twins Romulus and Remus, begotten by Mars, the god of war. When they were born, to be saved, the brothers were thrown into the Tiber, placed in a basket that failed near the area of the seven hills near the mouth of the Tiber.
A wolf, called Luperca, approached the river to drink; she recovered them and breastfed in her lair on the Palatine Hill until they were found and saved by a priest who will have them raised by his wife. As adults, the twins will restore their grandfather Numitor to the throne of Alba Long and will found a city on the right bank of the Tiber, where they were suckled by the wolf, to finally become kings.
It is said that the wolf that suckled Romulus and Remus was actually their adopted human mother. The term wolf, Latin Lupa, was also used pejoratively, to designate the prostitutes of the time. The legend also tells how Romulus killed Remus. Romulus and Remus did not agree on where the city should be based, so they decided to watch the flight of birds in the Etruscan way.
Romulus saw twelve vultures fly over the Palatine, and Remus only saw six from other hills. To demarcate the new city, Romulus drew an enclosure, dug by a plough on top of the Palatine Hill and swore to kill anyone who would cross his enclosure.
Remus disobeyed and went inside, mocking his brother, who, irritated, killed his brother and was the first and first king of Rome. This event would have occurred in the year BC. BC, according to the version of the official history of ancient Rome. They were believed to be the son of god Mars. In Roman mythology, Romulus and Remus, twin sons of the princess and vestal Rhea Silvia and the god Mars, are the legendary founders of Rome The wolfs Romulus and his twin brother Remus are the sons of vestal Rhea Silvia and the god Mars.
The first king Romulus and his warriors have no women, so they decide to invite the neighbouring people, the Sabines to a party. The Legend When Amulius overthrew his brother Numitor, King of Albe-la-Longue, he also forced his only daughter, Rhea Silvia, to become a vestal, thus ensuring that there would be no descendants to claim the throne.
However, they disagree over the name and location of the city. According to Livy, eventually Remus criticizes a wall being built around Romulus' city and leaps over it. Romulus killed him, saying, "So perish every one that shall hereafter leap over my wall". Romulus went on to be the first of six Roman kings. He also succeeded his grandfather to the throne of Alba Longa.
At the end of his mortal life, he was thought to have been taken up into Olympus and he was deified in the Roman pantheon under the name Quirinus. Myths and Folklore Wiki Explore. Her mother died when she was five, A fire at an Ohio prison kills inmates, some of whom burn to death when they are not unlocked from their cells. It is one of the worst prison disasters in American history. The Ohio State Penitentiary was built in Columbus in Throughout its history, it had a poor General Motors was established in in Flint, Michigan, by horse-drawn carriage mogul William Durant.
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This left Romulus the sole founder of the new city and he gave his name to it — Rome. This story, of course, is only a legend. The actual growth of Rome is less exotic and interesting. The city of Rome grew out of a number of settlements that existed around seven hills that were near the River Tiber.
The settlements were near the river for the obvious reasons of a water supply. The Tiber was also narrow enough at this point to be bridged.
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