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Retell the Story

• You will be responsible for retelling the story of Romulus and Remus for homework.

How was Rome founded?• Today we are going to work on

your listening skills. I will be telling the story of how Rome was founded. You must write down at least 8 facts that will help you recap the story.

Romulus and Remus• There once was a king named,

Amulius. He and his brother were in charge of a city called Alba Longa. Amulius and his brother, Numitor, ruled side-by-side for many years until one day. Amulius wanted the kingdom for himself. Amulius was a wicked man.

Sometimes Brothers fight

• Amulius decided that he didn’t want to rule with Numitor anymore so he chases his brother out of the city. He also forces Numitor’s daughter to become a vestal virgin. Which means she can’t have children or get married.

Mars

• One day the Roman God of War, Mars, saw Numitor’s daughter and fell in love with her. His daughter‘s name was Rhea Siliva.

What Happened next?

• A short time later Rhea Silvia had twins. The father of the children was the God of War, Mars.

Amulius heard the news!

• After hearing the news of the birth of the twin boys, Amulius decided to have the children killed because Rhea didn’t stay a vested virgin. He sent a slave to drown the children.

What’s a slave to do?

• The slave couldn’t kill the two children so he placed them in a basket and allowed them to float down the Tiber River. The children survived.

Who raised the boys?

• The boys were raised by a she-wolf. She took care of and nurtured the boys as if they were her own pups.

One Day• One day as the wolf was

trying to kill a sheep for her pups, the boys, a sherpard saw and killed her. The shepard found the boys and raised them as his own.

The Sherpard

• The sherpard’s name was Faustulus. He and his wife raised the two boys from that point on. They named the boys Romulus and Remus.

Fight• Romulus and Remus got into a

fight with Numitor’s sherpards. Remus was arrested and was sent to Numitor for punishment. It was then that Numitor realized the two boys were his grandchildren.

They found out!• Romulus and Remus stayed in the city for

a long time until they found out that their Great Uncle, Amulius, tried to kill them as infants. Immediately the boys went to their Great Uncle and killed him. The boys then moved back to the land where the wolf had found them. This is where they wanted to create their own city.

Location, Location, Location

• When the boys returned home they weren’t sure where they wanted to build. Romulus suggested building on the hills of the Palatine and Remus wanted to bulid on the Capitoline Hill. Both boys built a city at their desired locations.

You boys shouldn’t fight!• Remus was picking on his

brother for the size, location, and lay-out of his brother’s city. The boys got into a fight and Romulus killed his brother. Romulus became the king of both lands.

Who won!

• Romulus killed his brother Remus. By doing this, Romulus took control of both cities and made his the capital of Italy. He named his city, Rome. The End.

Closing Activity

Retell the story of Romulus and Remus and why it was important to Roman history.

Closure

• Today we learned about how Rome was founded and we learned the legend of Romulus and Remus.