HIST 1061 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1.3-1.6: Palatine Hill, Vestal Virgin, Tiber
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Romulus: the vestal virgin was raped and gave birth to twins. The king imprisoned the mother and ordered the twins to be drowned. Destiny would not allow the guards to successfully enter the tiber river to drown the twins so they left them at the bank of the river hoping the tide would take them. Then a wolf came by and heard the cries of the children. She nursed the twins until a herdsman named faustulus found them and took them to his hut. One day, some gang members wanted revenge on the twins. Romulus does not fall for the trap but. The gang members said that he and romulus were stealing cattle from numitor and so remus was to be punished by numitor. Faustulus knew the twins were of royal blood and told them and numitor. Then, they kill the king and take over palatine. They begin to make colonies where they were originally placed to die.
