The
Legend of
Romulus and Remus
Illustrated
by
Lauren Parris
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| The
kingdom of Alba Longa was ruled by the wicked king, Amulius. |
| Amulius
fought his brother, Numitor, and sent him into exile away from
his family. Amulius forced Numitor's daughter, Rhea Silvia,
to become a Vestal Virgin. Vestal Virgins were not allowed
to marry and have children. |
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One
day Mars, the god of war, saw Rhea Silvia and fell in
love with her. |
Some
time later she gave birth to twin boys. |
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Amulius
ordered his slave to
throw the two twins into the
River Tiber. But the slave left the twins in their cradle to give them
a chance. They floated down the river. |
A
she-wolf rescued the two babies and looked after them. |
A
shepherd called Faustulus saw the wolf with the baby boys.
He took them home to his wife. They called the boys Romulus
and Remus.
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| When
they grew up the boys became shepherds like Faustulus. One
day they had a fight with another group of shepherds. Remus
was arrested and sent to Numitor as a prisoner because it was
his shepherds he had been fighting. When Numitor heard the
story he realised that Remus was his grandson! He told Romulus
and Remus what had happened to him and their mother. |
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Romulus
and Remus went to live with their grandfather in Alba Longa,
but they got bored and missed the countryside where they grew
up. They decided to move back to the banks of the River Tiber
where Faustulus had found them and build their own city. But
the twins argued over where the city should be built. Romulus
wanted to build it on the Palatine Hill and Remus wanted to
build it on the Capitoline Hill. In the end they built two
cities! |
Romulus
and Remus attacked
their Great Uncle Amulius and killed him. |
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| The
arguing didn't stop. Remus teased his brother about the height
of his city walls, saying they were too low. The brothers had
a fight and Romulus killed Remus. |
Romulus
became King of the new city, which was called Rome in his honour. |
