Romulus and Remus

By Luis OrtizDonald Esposito

Parents

• Their mother was Rhea Silvia• Their father was the god of war, Mars

History

• Amulius, their grandfather, was afraid that his grandchildren might of overthrown him, so he ordered the servant to kill Romulus and Remus.

• Romulus’s and Remus’s mother was buried alive.

History (continued)

• The servant instead put the twin brothers in a basket next to the Tiber River.

• The Tiber River flooded and gently rose the basket and the basket was carried down the stream.

History (continued)

• Remus and Romulus were saved by the river deity Tiberinus.

• They were placed on Palatine Hill.• There, they were nursed by a wolf, or Lupa in

Latin.• They were nurtured under a fig tree and fed

by a woodpecker.

History (continued)

• Romulus and Remus were then discovered by Faustulus, a shepherd for Amulius.

• Faustulus and his wife, Acca Larentia, raised the boys as their own.

History (continued)

• Romulus killed Remus and was declared king of Rome. Rome was named after Romulus.

• Romulus- 771 B.C.E. – 717 B.C.E.• Remus- 771 B.C.E – 753 B.C.E