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Monday, November 18th, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Romulus
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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Legendary founder of Rome, reputed son of Mars and Rhea Silvia (q. v .), daughter of Numitor, king of Alba Longa; exposed at his birth, along with Remus , his twin-brother (q. v .); was suckled by a she-wolf and brought up by Faustulus, a shepherd; opened an asylum for fugitives on one of the hills of Rome, and founded the city in 753 B.C., peopling it by a rape of Sabine women, and afterwards forming a league with the Sabines ( q. v .); he was translated to heaven during a thunderstorm, and afterwards worshipped as Quirinus, leaving Rome behind him as his mark.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Romulus'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/r/romulus.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Romulus'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/r/romulus.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
