Romulus and Remus

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figures in Roman mythology legendary founders of Rome mythological twins

Romulus and Remus are the legendary twin brothers of Roman mythology who were raised by a she-wolf and are credited with the origins of Rome.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Romulus	0	5

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	figures in Roman mythology → legendary founders of Rome → mythological twins →
associatedRitual	Lupercalia →
associatedWith	Palatine Hill → surface form: Lupercal cave Palatine Hill → Tiber → surface form: Tiber River Roman Kingdom → surface form: founding of Rome
commemoratedIn	Roman coinage → Roman literature → Roman sculpture →
conflict	dispute over augury → dispute over city location →
countryOfOrigin	Roman Antiquity → surface form: Ancient Rome
culture	Roman →
depictedAs	infants suckled by a she-wolf →
depictedIn	Capitoline Wolf sculpture →
father	Venus → surface form: Mars
genre	legend →
grandfather	Numitor →
hasMotive	restoration of Numitor →
inArtSince	Antiquity →
influencedBy	Italian foundation legends →
languageOfTradition	Latin →
legacy	symbol of Rome’s origins →
mentionedIn	Roman historiography →
mother	Rhea Silvia →
mythType	foundation myth →
narratedIn	Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita → surface form: Dionysius of Halicarnassus’s Roman Antiquities Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita → Plutarch’s Parallel Lives → surface form: Plutarch’s Life of Romulus
outcome	death of Remus →
partOf	Roman foundation myths →
raisedBy	Acca Larentia → Faustulus → Lupa → she-wolf →
religiousContext	Roman religion →
siblingRelationship	twin brothers →
status	legendary rather than historical →
survivingBrother	Romulus and Remus self-linksurface differs → surface form: Romulus
symbolizes	Roman divine favor → Roman strength →
theme	city founding → divine ancestry → fratricide →
timePeriodOfMyth	early Roman Kingdom →
uncle	Amulius →