Summary history of Romulus and Remus

The great civilizations of history usually have a mythical origin, a set of stories of a legendary nature that relate them to their divinities. Rome is for many people the most relevant civilization in the history of humanity, and like other cultures, it has a legend about its creation. Because of the importance of this story, in this lesson from a TEACHER we are going to talk about the summary history of Romulus and Remus.

The origin of the legend of Romulus and Remus is in the Latin city of Alba Longa, ruled by King Numitor. The king was overthrown by his brother, Amulio, who murdered all of Numitor's male children, leaving only Numitor's daughter alive.

His daughter, named Rea Silvia, was forced to become a Vestal, a kind of Roman priestess who was to remain a virgin. But Amulio's plan failed, as Rhea Silvia fell in love with the god of War, Mars, and together they had two children, named Romulus and Remus.

Upon learning of the birth of the two children, Amulio ordered them to be murdered, but the person in charge was not able to kill two children and

he left them abandoned in the river Tiber. The current displaced them to a place between hills, and there they were found by the wolf Luperca, who took care of them and fed them for years. Later, they were found by the shepherd Faustulus, who secretly raised Romulus and Remus.

Growing up they were told the truth of his birth, so both brothers they sought revenge. They both marched to Alba Longa, assassinated Amulio, and put their grandfather, Numitor, back on the throne.

Romulus and Remus left Alba Longa with the idea of found a city over which to rule. Romulus wanted to found Rome on the Palatine Hill and Remus wanted to found Remoria on the Aventine. Both were of the same age, so neither had supremacy over the other to reign, so they made a game to choose who would rule, which consisted of seeing more vultures than the other. Being the winner Romulo.

Romulus drew lines to mark the limits of the city of Rome ordering that no one could cross them, but Remus decided to cross the lines, challenging his brother. This caused a fight in which Remo was injured and died not much later. Romulus buried his brother in Aventine, and founded Rome, the foundation date being April 21, 753 BC. C.

After the death of Remus, Romulus took command of the Roman city for many years. Legends tell us about numerous events that took place throughout his rule, so in this lesson On the summarized history of Romulus and Remus, we will try to briefly explain the most important moments of these years.

• One of the most controversial moments of Romulus was when he invited the Sabines to a festival, with the aim of to kidnap the Sabine women, take them to Rome, and marry them to Roman citizens. This fact caused a war between Romans and Sabines, which is known for the large number of paintings that have represented it in later centuries, being the clearest example The Rape of the Sabine Women, painting by Jacques Louis David. After the war against the Sabines, Romulus united the Romans and the Sabines, forming together with the leader of the Sabines, Tacio, a diarchy.
• Romulus he divided the Romans into two classes, those who knew how to fight became the Roman legionaries, and those who did not know how to fight became commoners. He then chose 100 people to be senators, whose descendants would be the patricians, known as the nobles of the Romans. The patricians became very important characters in Rome, so it is very relevant to know their mythical origin.
• The reign of Romulus lasted almost 40 years, in which he managed to expand the Roman influence throughout much of the Italian Peninsula, winning many wars, and being considered the first great Roman conqueror. After his death he was deified, with the nickname of Quirino, being one of the main gods of the city of Rome.