Romulus: The Roman Hero

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Romulus reflects the Roman concept of the hero in that this myth has a close tie in Greek myth of a city of foundation. Romulus when he was younger had seen to the protection of herds and flock against animals and other robbers. When Remus was taken as a prisoner. Romulus joined with others to come up with a scheme that would seek vengeance against his captors. During this journey to fight on, Numitor was reinstated as the ruler when Amulius was killed. This created more upset and furry along with many questions as to which brother was to be the ruler of the newer city.
Neither one of the twins was viewed as honorable and had the rights to be the ruler. Remus jumped over the wall to mock his brother. When Remus had done this Romulus got so

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