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- (Roman mythology) founder of Rome; suckled with his twin brother Remus by a wolf after their parents (Mars and Rhea Silvia) abandoned them; Romulus killed Remus in an argument over the building of Rome
How To Use Romulus In A Sentence
- Romulus grasped the trident, an attractive weapon of golden bronze with a grip midway down its shaft.
- In that vein, the biggest crater at the south pole has been called Rhea Silvia, the mother of Romulus and Remus. BBC News - Home
- The comitia curiata were founded by Romulus; the centuriata by Servius; and the tributa by the tribunes of the people. The Social Contract
- “You are the Vulcan who preaches for the reunifying of Romulus with your people,” Sorent said. Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire
- Still to the left of this, uprose the Palatine, the earliest settled of the hills of Rome, with the old walls of Romulus, and the low straw-built shed, wherein that mighty son of Mars dwelt when he governed his wild robber-clan; and the bidental marking the spot where lightning from the monarch of Olympus, called on by undue rites, consumed Hostilius and his house; were still preserved with reverential worship, and on its eastern peak, the time-honoured shrine of Stator Jove. The Roman Traitor (Vol. 1 of 2)
- In 460 AD, the Goths leaded by Odoacer invade Rome; kill the parents of the Caesar Romulus Augustus and send the boy and his tutor Ambrosinus to a prison in Capri. The Last Legion (2007) | Happy Share
- Romulus now prayed to Jupiter, and vowed to erect to him a temple as Jupiter Stator, -- that is, the "stayer," -- if he would stay the Romans in their flight. Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality
- In Italy, Odoacer's assumption of control and deposition of the 16-year-old emperor Romulus Augustulus in 476 was simply one of a succession of political coups and interregna.
- The film really tries to delve into the Romulus / Remus iconography of brotherhood, but louses it up tremendously.
- In some diminished manner the Lucullan estate must have still been extant in 476, because Romulus Augustulus apparently passed the rest of his days there. The Road from Ravenna