Dionysius of Halicarnassus
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Dionysius of Halicarnassus was a Greek historian and teacher of rhetoric, who flourished during the reign of Emperor Augustus. His literary style was atticistic – imitating Classical Attic Greek in it
An image of Dionysius of Halicarnassus from the Codices Ambrosiani.
Bernard van Orley, Romulus Gives Laws to the Roman People – WGA16696
The Intervention of the Sabine Women, by Jacques-Louis David, 1799
Romulus and Remus
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In Roman mythology, Romulus and Remus are twin brothers whose story tells of the events that led to the founding of the city of Rome and the Roman Kingdom by Romulus, following his fratricide of Remus
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
…as revealed by archaeology). Along with Livy, Dionysius is thus one of the primary sources for the accounts of the Roman foundation myth, and that of Romulus and Remus, and was relied on in the later publications of Plutarch, for example. He writes extensively on the myth, sometimes attributing direct quotations to…
La Lupa Capitolina ("the Capitoline Wolf"). Traditional scholarship says the wolf-figure is Etruscan, 5th century BC. The figures of Romulus and Remus were added in the 15th century AD by Antonio del Pollaiuolo. Some modern research suggests that the she-wolf may be a Romanesque sculpture dating from the 13th century AD.
Altar to Mars (divine father of Romulus and Remus) and Venus (their divine ancestress) depicting elements of their legend. The god Tiberinus ("Father Tiber") and the infant twins being suckled by a she-wolf in the Lupercal are below. A vulture from the contest of augury and Palatine Hill are to the left. (From Ostia, now at the Palazzo Massimo alle Terme)
The Shepherd Faustulus Bringing Romulus and Remus to His Wife, Nicolas Mignard (1654)
Romulus and Remus on the House of the She-wolf at the Grand-Place of Brussels