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Rom·u·lus
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alba longa
a city of ancient Latium, southeast of modern Rome: the legendary birthplace of Romulus and Remus -
eponymous
(of a person) giving their name to something. -
remus
the founder of Rome, in 753 b.c., and its first king: a son of Mars and Rhea Silvia, he and his twin brother (Remus) were abandoned as babies, suckled by a she-wolf, and brought up by a shepherd; Remus was finally killed for mocking the fortifications of Rome, which Romulus had just founded. -
rhea silvia
a vestal virgin who became the mother, by Mars, of Romulus and Remus. -
tatius
a Sabine king who, following the rape of the Sabine women, attacked Rome and eventually ruled with Romulus.