Ficus Ruminalis
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The Ficus Ruminalis was a wild fig tree that had religious and mythological significance in ancient Rome. It stood near the small cave known as the Lupercal at the foot of the Palatine Hill and was th
Romulus and Remus, the Lupercal, Father Tiber, and the Palatine on a relief from an altar dating to the reign of Trajan (AD 98-117)
A scene of combat, perhaps between Romulus and Remus, described by some ancient authors as having taken place near the Ficus Ruminalis. Pentelic marble, fragment from the frieze of the Basilica Aemilia, 1st century BC–1st century AD.
Faustulus discovers the twins suckling the she-wolf under the Ficus Ruminalis (2nd century AD)
Relief from the Plutei of Trajan, with the Ficus Ruminalis at right
Lupercal
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The Lupercal was a cave at the southwest foot of the Palatine Hill in Rome, located somewhere between the temple of Magna Mater and the Sant'Anastasia al Palatino. In the legend of the founding of Rom
Ficus Ruminalis
…The Ficus Ruminalis was a wild fig tree that had religious and mythological significance in ancient Rome. It stood near the small cave known as the Lupercal at the foot of the Palatine Hill and was the spot where according to tradition the floating makeshift cradle of Romulus and Remus landed on the banks…
Lupa Capitolina ("The Capitoline Wolf"): the she-wolf is of unknown origin, the suckling twins were added c. 1500.
The cave beneath the Domus Livia on the Palatine Hill. The photo was taken with a probe.