Romulus and Remus

• Who overthrew his brother Numitor to unlawfully take his throne?

  Amulius
• Who was Numitors brother

  Amulius
• How did Amulius stop Numitors children from having children?

  He murdered his son

  He made his daughter a Vestal Virgin
• Who did Rhea Silvia claim to be the father of her children?

  Mars
• Why would the Romans wanted to believe that Mars fathered Rhea Silvias children?

  It linked their ancestors to a god and made them seem more war like
• Why might have Rhea Silvia lied?

  To avoid being condemned for having sex outside marriage as a Vestal Virgin
• How was Rhea Silvia punished?

  Fettered and imprisoned
• What happened to Rhea Silvias children?

  Thrown into the river Tiber
• How were the children saved?

  suckled by a she wolf
• What was an alternate version of the story?

  The woman who brought them up was called she wolf
• Lupa

  Female wolf
• Lupanar

  A brothel
• Which version would the Romans have preferred?

  The wolf story as it makes their ancestors seem more impressive
• Who raised Romulus and Remus?

  Faustulus and Larentia
• What did Romulus and Remus grow up doing?

  Tending flocks, hunting
• What did Numitor take over?

  Alba
• Why did Romulus and Remus decide to create a new city?

  Numitor had taken over Alba

  Two cities of Alba and Latium were over populated
• What negative qualities are associated with Romulus and Remus?

  Greed

  Ugly dispute- anger
• Who did they decide will determine who will name and givern the city?

  the Gods will send an augury
• Augury

  Someone who makes predictions based on the behaviour of birds
• Where did Romulus stand to observe his birds?

  Palatine Hill
• Where did Remus stand to observe his birds?

  Aventine hill
• Who saw the birds first?

  Remus
• How many birds did Remus see?

  6 vultures
• How many birds did Romulus see?

  12 vultures
• What did Remus followers claim?

  He should rule as he saw the vultures first
• What did Romulus followers claim?

  He should rule as he saw more vultures
• How did Remus die?

  He jumped over the wall of his brothers building city and Romulus killed him
• Negative traits of Romulus

  Violent

  Easy to anger

  Volatile
• What kind of people were the first citizens of Rome?

  Exiles, criminals, bandits
• How did Romulus try get women to his city?

  The Rape of the Sabine Women
• How did Romulus get the Sabines to visit Rome?

  Invited them to a festival for Neptune
• What did they do to the unmarried women?

  Abducted them

  Raped them

  Took them as their wifes
• Who did Romulus take as his wife?

  Hersilia
• Who was the Sabine king?

  Titus Tatius
• How did the Sabine king respond?

  He started a war
• Who betrayed the Romans?

  The daughter of Titus- Tarpeia
• What happened to Tarpeia?

  She was thrown off the Tarpeian rock
• Who stopped the battle?

  The Sabine women
• Three possible versions of Romulus death

  Disappeared in a whirlwind on the Campus Martius

  Murdered by senators

  Deified by Mars