Romulus and Remus from Roman Mythology
This is one version of the story of Romulus
and Rĕmus. They were twin brothers that were
ordered to be killed by the King of Alba Longa,
King Amuliu---uuhusss...
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I'm sorry everyone, um, I need to go to the
bathroom.
(whispers) Be right back~
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(man's voice) Hello?
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What is this? Propaganda?
Romulus and Remus from Roman Mythology
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This is one version of the story of Romulus
and Rĕmus. They were twin brothers that were
ordered to be killed by the King of Alba Longa,
King Amulius in fear of being dethroned.
But because the mother of the children, daughter
of the previous king, said their father was
one of their gods, either Mars or Hercules, he ordered a servant to carry out the death sentence instead.
Either pity or also afraid of the God's wrath,
the servant put the babies in a basket and
drifted them on the river called Tiber trusting
their fate to be done in by the elements.
The basket drifted and settled near a river
bank caught by the roots of a fig tree where
a she-wolf found them and kept them safe as
if they were her own. Nurturing them, giving
them food and milk.
Ew.
Not long after that, maybe days maybe years,
it wasn't specified, but a childless shepherd
and his wife found the boys and decided to
raise them as their own.
They grew up into strong men with strong personalities.
Also, maybe because of their early upbringing
from the she-wolf, they were very aggressive
individuals.
One day, while minding their own business,
they went across the shepherds of King Amulius
and a fight started regarding their herd which
led to Remus's capture. Romulus found it was
unfair what, so he incited local shepherds to
raid King Amulius's place and rescue his brother.
They succeeded and even killed King Amulius
in the process. The people then offered the
crown to both Remus and Romulus but they refused
and said they want to build their own cities themselves.
Together they found a good spot but they had
a different idea of which hill to start the city from.
Romulus wanted the Palatine Hill
while Remus preferred Aventine Hill.
Regardless, Romulus went ahead and started building a
wall around Palatine Hill.
Annoyed at this, Remus started making fun
of Romulus's wall constantly over and over.
Until one day, Remus jumped over the wall
saying the wall is useless and this was the
final line for Romulus.
Romulus snapped, threw the first punch and
being aggressive, he accidentally killed Remus.
So with Remus out of the picture. He continued building his city and called it Rome
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after himself.
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Hey who are you?
[smack smack smack smack smack]
(wasabi) Urgh
By the way, you say their names weird... >.>
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(wasabi) Now where was I?
[papers rustling]
They were twin brothers that were ordered
to be killed by the King of Alba Longa,
King Amulius in fear of being dethroned. [fade]
