What is the story of romules and remus?

Answer 1

Romulus (c. 771 BC 717 BC) and Remus (c. 771 BC 753 BC) are the traditional founders of Rome, appearing in Roman mythology as the twinsons of the priestess Rhea Silvia, fathered by the God of War, Mars. According to the tradition recorded as history by Plutarch and Livy, Romulus served as the first King of Rome. Romulus slew Remus over a dispute about which one of the two brothers had the support of the local deities to rule the new city and give it his name. The name they gave the city was Rome. Supposedly, Romulus had stood on one hill and Remus another, and a circle of birds flew over Romulus, signifying that he should be king. After founding Rome, Romulus not only created the Roman Legions and the Roman Senate, but also added citizens to his new city by abducting the women of the neighboring Sabine tribes, which resulted in the mixture of the Sabines and Romans into one people. Romulus would become ancient Rome's greatest conqueror, adding large amounts of territory and people to the dominion of Rome. After his death, Romulus was deified as the god Quirinus, the divine persona of the Roman people. He now is regarded as a mythological figure, and it is supposed that his name is a back-formation from the name Rome, which may ultimately derive from a word for "river". Some scholars, notably Andrea Carandini believe in the historicity of Romulus, in part because of the 1988 discovery of the Murus Romuli on the north slope of the Palatine Hill in Rome. Romulus and Remus are pre-eminent among the famous feral children in mythology and fiction.
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During the late fourth century BC the Romulus myth first rivalled that of http://www.answers.com/topic/aeneas as the supposed city founder. The she wolf had been the symbol of nationality since the establishment of the Republic in 510 BC. Although imperial patronage gave to Aeneas the official glory (on the nine hundredth anniversary of the traditional foundation of Rome in 148, coins were issued which gave pride of place to the city's Trojan origins) interest in Romulus and Remus never diminished. Their is a wolf that raised the children, named Romulus and Remus.

Answer 2

Romulus and Remus are two brothers who appear and reappear in various legends and myths surrounding Rome's founding. They are often said to be divine (or partly divine) in origins, to have been orphaned in the Tiber Valley among the seven hills upon which Rome would eventually be located, and to have been saved from starvation as infants by a she-wolf. It is also said that Romulus eventually killed Remus and went on to found a city that he named after himself.

Answer 3

The founders of Rome

Romulus and Remus were twin brothers of the god, Mars. Yes, they are the founders of Rome. After they had created Rome, Romulus and Remus had issues deciding who was going to rule Rome. Their little 'issues' ended up in a huge fight, which ended with Romulus winning, killing his brother, Remus, making Romulus the ruler of the Newly-found Rome.

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Answer 4

The legend of Romulus and Remus is the legend of the foundation of Rome.