Capitoline Wolf
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The Capitoline Wolf is a bronze sculpture depicting a scene from the legend of the founding of Rome. The sculpture shows a she-wolf suckling the mythical twin founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus. Acco
Lupa Capitolina, Rome
The sculpture in Musei Capitolini
Capitoline Wolf in Hamilton Gardens, Hamilton, New Zealand
Capitoline she-wolf in Eden Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
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
Capitoline Wolf
…The Capitoline Wolf (Italian: Lupa Capitolina) is a bronze sculpture depicting a scene from the legend of the founding of Rome. The sculpture shows a she-wolf suckling the mythical twin founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus. According to the legend, when King Numitor, grandfather of the twins, was overthrown…
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