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Patrician (ancient Rome)
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The patricians were originally a group of ruling class families in ancient Rome. The distinction was highly significant in the Roman Kingdom and the early Republic, but its relevance waned after the C
Romulus and his brother, Remus, with the she-wolf. Romulus is credited with creating the patrician class.
Romulus and his brother, Remus, with the she-wolf. Romulus is credited with creating the patrician class.
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
Patrician (ancient Rome)
…Romulus and his brother, Remus, with the she-wolf. Romulus is credited with creating the patrician class. The patricians (from Latin: patricius) were originally a group of ruling…
La Lupa Capitolina ("the Capitoline Wolf"). Traditional scholarship says the wolf-figure is Etruscan, 5th century BC. The figures of Romulus and Remus
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
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)
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
Romulus and Remus on the House of the She-wolf at the Grand-Place of Brussels