Their father was the God of War, Mars and their mother was Rhea Silvia
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Their maternal grandfather was Numitor, rightful king of Alba Longa, a descendant of the Trojan prince Aeneas, and father to Rhea Silvia (also known as Ilia).
You're thinking of Romulus and Remus.
Romulus and Remus (twins) founded rome by joining the latin tribes and founding a sttlement over sevn hills. Then they went on to conquer the etruscan kings before Remus killed Romulus in his lust for power.
vergil wrote the Aeneid, but no one wrote Romulus and Remus. The story of the twins was a folk tale or myth.
In Roman mythology Rome was founded by the twins Romulus and Remus.
The legend of Romulus and Remus is related to the semi-legendary story of the foundation of Rome. The twins decided to found a new city. The disagreed on whether to found it on the Palatine Hill or the Aventine Hills. They decided to resolve the dispute through augury, the divination of the omens of the gods. The one who saw a larger number of birds flying past would win. Romulus won and started to build a sacred wall around the Palatine Hill. Romulus spitefully trespassed the wall and Romulus killed him. Romulus went on to unify the settlements on the others hills which became the seven hills of Rome, becoming the founder of the city and its first king.