Capitoline wolf - created by patty


Capitoline wolf
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According to the legend of the founding of Rome. when Numitor, grandfather of the twins Romulus and Remus, was overthrown by his brother Amulius, the usurper ordered the twins to be cast into the Tiber River. They were rescued by a she-wolf who cared for them until a herdsman, Faustulus, found and raised them. (5 years and 3198 days ago)

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friiskiwi says:

Love this one, somebody in my childhood had a similar ornament, and I was told the story many times.

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Good thing it wasnt a he-wolf or it would have been a short story.

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kyricom says:

"The mighty empire of Reme" just doesn't have the same ring to it.

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