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Romulus gathered a group of shepherds and went to Alba Longa to liberate Remus. He met Numitor, his grandfather who had been the king of the city and deposed by his brother Amulius. They worked out that the twins were his grandsons. Romulus, with the help of Numitor, set out to take Alba Longa. Once there he was joined by people who had been mobilised by Remus, who had been liberated. They twins killed Amulius and restored Numitor to the throne. However, they decided not to stay in Albal Longa and to found a new city where they grew up.
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What was Amulius' terrible deed?
Amulius threw the infant twins Romulus and Remus into the Tiber River and buried their mother Rhea Silvia alive, accusing Rhea Silvia of violating her oath of chastity as a Vestal virgin after she was raped by Mars which resulted in the birth of the twins, who eventually established the city of Rome, and overthrew Amulius.
How were the related twins of romulus and Remus?
Romulus and Remus did not have twins. They themselves were twin brothers.
Who are the twins who founded Rome?
Romulus and Remus.
What happened to Romulus and Remus mother?
Rhea Silva (Romulus and Remus' mother) was the daughter of Numitor, the king of Alba Longa who was deposed by his brother Amulius. She was forced by her uncle to become a vestal virgin (priestesses of the goddess Vesta who had to vow chastity) because he did not want her to have children who could become rivals for power. However, she was impregnated by the god Mars. When Amulius learned of this, he imprisoned Rhea Silvia and ordered a servant to kill the twins, but heset them adrift in a basket on the River Tiber. They landed by the Palatine Hill (where Rome was later founded). They were adopted by a shepherd and grew up as shepherds. As young men they found out about their origin. They went to Alba Longa, freed their mother and grandfather, overthrew their Amulius and restored Numitor to the throne
What was found by romulus and Remus?
The city of Rome was founded by twin brothers Romulus and Remus.
