![]() Unaware of their identity, they grew up working as farmers and shepherds. Later on, they were adopted by a shepherd, Faustulus. ![]() A female wolf suckled them in a cave near to Lupercal. The newborns were left to die but Tiberius, the mythological father of the river, saved them and they survived under his care. They were the children of Mars and Rhea Silvia and according to Virgil and many other writers, their adventures were inextricably linked to the foundation of Rome.īorn in Alba Longa, they were seen as a threat to King Amulius and so to save himself he ordered them to be abandoned on the banks of the River Tiber. ![]() ![]() The Story of Romulus and RemusĪccording to Roman mythology, the story of these twin brothers tells of the origins of Rome. ![]()
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