Amulius
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In Roman mythology, Amulius was king of Alba Longa who ordered the death of his infant, twin grandnephews Romulus, the eventual founder and king of Rome, and Remus. He was deposed and killed by them a
Miniature from the Constantine Manasses portraying Amulius' rape of his niece Ilia (14th century)
She-wolf (Roman mythology)
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In the Roman foundation myth, the she-wolf was an Italian wolf who nursed and sheltered the twins Romulus and Remus after they were abandoned in the wild by decree of King Amulius of Alba Longa. She c
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…the twins. Rhea was thrown into prison and her sons ordered to be thrown into the river Tiber. The twins washed up onto dry land and were found by a she-wolf who suckled them. Later their mother was saved by the river god Tiberinus who ended up marrying her. Romulus and Remus went on to found Rome and overthrow…
The Capitoline Wolf, arguably the most famous statue of the she-wolf.
The she-wolf on a coin of the late Roman republic (c.77 BC)
The controversial Mirror of Bolsena.
Romulus and Remus. An early silver didrachm (6.44 g). c. 269–266 BC