| Romulus: the Founder of Rome Contributor(s): Church, Alfred J. (Author), Plutarch (Author) |
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ISBN: 1530838185 ISBN-13: 9781530838189 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $8.07 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History |
| Physical Information: 0.26" H x 5.24" W x 7.99" (0.30 lbs) 124 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Romulus is the legendary founder and the first king of Rome. Son of Mars by Rhea Silvia, daughter of King Numitor of Alba Longa, he was, so runs the myth, exposed with Remus, his twin-brother, at the foot of the Palatine hill, where he was suckled by a she-wolf, and afterward brought up by the shepherd Faustulus and his wife, Acca Laurentia. In 753 B. C. he founded his city on the Tiber, to which he invited all homeless fugitives in the surrounding country, who carried off Sabine maidens for their wives... |
