Romulus and Remus

I think that the Romans thought that Romulus and Remus were gods because they were able to create such a vast empire. The carving shows all the animals following them. This may symbolize the respect that the two men had. They are carrying big staffs or horns. These may be used to to control the people /animals that are under them. The temple may have been used for religious or sacrificial purposes. THere looks to be an altar on the inside that could have been used to sacrifice to the gods to keep them happy. The design that runs across the top could be ancient roman symbols that dictate who the temple belonged to or to whom it was built. This looks to be a huge temple which tells you what good architects they were. They had the manpower to…

In Roman mythology, Romulus and his brother Remus were the children of Rhea Silvia and an unknown father. Romulus and Remus are best known for being the founders of Rome. This story was recorded by many authors with different versions of the founding story of Rome. Romulus and Remus were the descendants of Aeneas, whose adventures to discover Italy are written by Virgil in The Aenid. Romulus and Remus were related to Aeneas through their mother's father, Numitor. Numitor was the king of Alba…

Romulus and Remus were famous historical figures from Alba Longa, in the Latin-owned part of Italy. They were sons of Mars (or in some versions Hercules) and Rhea Silvia, a Vesta Virgin. The ruler of Alba Longa, King Amulius, kicked them out of the city by having a servant dump them in the river. Later they grew up to found the city of Rome. Their legend began in 771 BCE when Romulus and Remus were born. King Amulius, as mentioned before, imprisoned Rhea Silvia because she was no longer a…

Everything has a beginning, and with every beginning a narrative must always go along with it. Founding stories are tales of how things came to be, they can be extravagant, tragic and even mythical in nature. Two well-known stories which are often paired together due to their similar nature are the tales of Cain and Abel from the book of Genesis and Livy’s Romulus and Remus. The resolutions in these stories had outcomes which established ideologies on sacrificial violence and transformed the…

When it comes down to the fight that took place between the brothers, both of them took place for widely differing reasons. In the case of Romulus and Remus, they quarreled over who would ultimately take the throne of Rome. Under the surface, Romulus and Remus both of them want the throne, and proclaim that their signs from god as evidence to why they should be proclaimed king. This is complicated by their being multiple interpretations of why Romulus ended up slaying Remus, with Livy saying…

Romulus and Remus, twin sons of Mars founded Rome. A king left the boys when they were babies in a basket in a river to drown. They were then saved by a she-wolf. The boys grew up and found the king who tried to kill them and defeated him. They found their own city on the river’s banks in 753 B.C. Romulus killed his brother and became the first king of Rome. Rome’s era as a monarchy ended in 509 B.C. with the overthrow of its seventh king, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, whom ancient historians…

authority or the individuals having the same attitudes; the women chose to follow the behavior of the group because of the distinctive group process. The incident of the vultures is an example of a collective group study. The amount of vultures indicated Romulus was the fittest and therefore introduced the scapegoat mechanism. Remus was seen as the scapegoat because he only received six vultures. The group of people can be the object of the group’s hatred; the amount of vultures showed strength.…

discuses power in From the Foundation of the City, he makes a correlation between the fall of the Trojans to the founding of Rome and the deification of Romulus as destined by the gods. Livy declares that the arrival of Aeneas in Italy and his rise to power was destined by the fates (Liv.AUC.1.19). Aeneas’ success did not stop there; Latinus and Aeneas became friends through marriage and a treaty (1.17). When war began with the Rutilians Aeneas made a decisive and powerful move to unite the…

for the headway of western city/people, in history going from little tribes in Italy to be the foundation of western city/people. It is also seen as one the most successful western civilizations/people and governments. Rome has encountered various movements through its history going from a city of generally of the same Italian tribes to an (including people of different backgrounds) empire. During the founding of Rome there were numerous stories about it’s starting. Romulus and Remus is an…

Woman in ancient Rome served both religous and political roles. One of the most prominent Religous roles woman served was the servance of vestal virgins. There are a total of six Vestal 's, who served the goddess Vesta. They were isolated from the rest of society and kept in a sanctuary where anyone can enter during the day. Their significance was keeping the vestal 's chasity, or known as virginity, as it is seen as a sigma of keep the fire lit in rome. Because of their belief in complete…