Romulus and Remus

• Romulus and Remus


  twin grandsons of Numitor
• Numitor


  king of Alba Longa
• King Amulius


  ordered that his grandnephews were to be cast into river
• Romulus and Remus in River


  saved by she-wolf

  (maybe prostitute as she-wolf and prostitute are same in Latin)
• Romulus and Remus went back to Alba Longa after they grew up


  Restored grandfather to throne when it got taken by his brother Amulius
• What did Amulius do to the children of Numitor to ensure that there were no threats to his reign

  murdered Numitor’s son

  made his daughter a Vestal Virgin
• How did Numitor's daughter get pregnant if she was a Vestal Virgin

  Livy says she got pregnant and broke celibacy becuase of God Mars

  she gave birth to Romulus and Remus
• Reason for Argument between Romulus and Remus

  Romulus founded settlement on the Palentine but Remus thought the city should be elsewhere
• Who helped Remus and Romulus on deciding?

  Numitor, he said to use augury
• How did they use augury


  Romulus and Remus went up the hill they wanted the new city on and counted how many vultures they saw from their hill
• What was the results of the augury?

  Remus found the vultures first however Romulus found more vultures
• What did the difference in augury lead to

  fight between brother which ended in Romulus killing Remus