Rome: Part One
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The story goes that one of the Trojan heroes from Homer's Illiad story, Aeneas, fled Greece after the war and settled in present-day Italy. There he founded the city of Alba Longa. His descendants would rein, until one day
King Numitor was overthrown and exiled by his brother, Amulius who named himself as King. He set about punishing anyone who supported the exiled King Numitor. He condemned King Numitor's daughter, Rhea Silvia to serve as a Vestal Virgin. This was a highly honored role of ceremonial responsibility where the six priestesses to the goddess, Vesta were forbidden from having relations with a man.
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However, as a Vestal Virgin, Rhea Silva became pregnant by the God of War, Mars. Any children born to her would have a claim to the Roman throne. Therefore, when Rhea Silvia gave birth, not to one child but two, King Amulius ordered them to be put to death. However, because they were family and King Amulius didn't want to anger the gods, he ordered someone else to do it. However, the man he had ordered to kill the twin babies didn't want the wrath of the gods either. Therefore, he put the babies in a basket and floated them down river.
The twin boys were the descendants of the goddess Aphrodite and the children of the God of War, Mars. Therefore, the river god safely guided the boys to the shore unharmed.
The boys were discovered by a female wolf. Instead of eating the boys, the wolf fed and protected them as if they were her own cubs. However, one day, a shepherd named Faustulus discovered the boys under the protection of the wolf. Faustulus took them home and raised them.
When the boys were young men, one of them got into some trouble and was arrested by the kings men. When King Amulius saw the young man, he recognized his bright blue eyes and when he learned that the man was a twin, he knew these were his nephews, sons of the original king.
With help from those loyal to King Numitor, thr twins escape. Once their true identity is revealed, many rally around their claim to the thrown. They successfully overthrow King Amulius.
With Romulus and Remus restored to their rightful role in the royal family, both decided to found their own cities. Romulus named his settlement "Rome" after himself. The brothers fell out and became rivals. One day when Romulus was building the wall around Rome, Remus mocked him and jumped the wall. Romulus killed him.
Is it a myth?
Rome, Mount Olympus and Troy are real places.
Obviously Rome had to come from somewhere. There are no other stories.
Many Roman historians wrote about Romulus and Remus
Twins were born to the War God, Mars, according to their mother, Rhea Silvia.
Their grandfather was a hero of the Trojan war and a son of Aphrodite.
The story of Romulus and Remus didn't get recorded until hundreds of years after they're said to have lived.
Is the story entirely false? Entirely correct?
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