Grecia

THE FOUNDATION OF ROME
THE STORY OF ROMULUS AND REMO
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Long ago, a wicked king called Amulius ruled over the city of alba longa. He had stolen thethrone from his elder brother, numitor, who fled to the hills and hid among the shepherds and hardsmen.
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Amulius killed numitor’s two sons and forcednumitor’s daughter to become a priestess. That way, she would never marry and have children who might take revenge on amulius.

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Nevertheless, oneday amulius was furious to hear that his niece had given birth to twin boys. She claimed that their father was mars, the god of war, who had visited her one night in a dream.-------------------------------------------------
Amulius did not believe her and ordered the two boys to be drowned. His servants set the babies afloat on the river Tiber in a reed basket. They drifted towards thePalatine Hill and finally came to rest under a tree.

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A she-wolf came across the babies, attracted by their crying. Instead of killing and eating them,she looked after the boys, feeding them with her own milk.
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Soon after, an old shepherd called faustulus was watching his flock when he noticedfresh tracks of a wolf. Taking his spear, he set off to find the animal and kill it.

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To his amazement, he found the baby boys, along with theshe-wolf, who was licking them clean with her tongue.
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Faustulus took the babies home with him and showed them to his wife Laurentia. The old shepherd andhis wife and no children of their own, although they had always longed for some.

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So the couple decided they would bring up the boys themselves,...