King Amulius sent the twin babies Remus and Romulus adrift in the Tiber River to drown, fearing they would inherit his throne. However, the river god Tiber saved them and a she-wolf Lupa found and nursed them. A shepherd named Faustulus then adopted the twins. As adults, they learned of their royal heritage and co-founded the city of Rome, but argued over its name and Remus was killed. Romulus went on to rule Rome for 37 years until he mysteriously disappeared, leading Romans to believe the gods had taken him.

1. REMUS AND ROMULUS

2. King, named Amulius, who ruled a kingdom in a
place far, far away. He was suspicious of everyone
who might try to inherit the throne from him.

3. Princess Rhea Silvia, and when Rhea was old
enough, he sent her away to a secluded place so
that she could not inherit or have a son who might
one day become king.

4. One day he was told that his niece did have a
son. Not one son, but two --- she had twin boys!
Outraged, King Amulius sent a servant to take the
babies, and throw them into the Tiber River, so that
there would be no one to inherit the throne from him

5. Fearing the King, the servant did as he ordered, and
went that night to steal the babies away from Rhea
while she slept

6. Afraid of being seen,
the servant hurried
across the land to the
Tiber River bridge and
dropped the basket,
with the babies, into
the river.

7. Tiber River
God, saw what
was
happening and
he reached up
and caught the
basket. Gently
, he lifted it up
and guided it
to shore

8. Lupa, the she-
wolf, was
walking by the
river bank. She
had just lost her
baby wolves and
was very sad.
Surprised, at
seeing the
basket, with
the babies,
Lupa pulled
it out of the
water.

9. Lupa took the babies back to her cave
and was very happy to have a
replacement for the baby wolves she
had lost.

10. One day Faustulus, a
shepherd, was passing
by the cave and saw
the babies and the
she-wolf. Not having
any children of his
own, Faustulus
took the babies
back to his wife at
their hut. Lupa
went along to help
protect them.

11. Faustulus named the babies,
Remus and Romulus

12. Remus and
Romulus grew
up happy and
loved by
Faustulus and
his wife. But,
like all brothers,
they tend to
have childish
fights

13. One day, not long after the shepherd
and his wife had died, a man came to
their village and said he heard about
the story of their birth. He informed
them that they were the sons of
Princess Rhea Silvia and heirs to the
throne of King Amulius.

14. And because
they were
twins, they
could share
being King.
It worked out
well, and the
boys took turns
wearing the
King's crown.

15. Remus and Romulus
worked hard building
their Kingdom, but now
they needed a name for
the City. As usual, the
boys began to argue and
couldn't agree.
There were hills in the area,
so each boy, decided to
stand on a different hill, and
count how many eagles
they would see fly over
before sunset. The one
who counted the most,
would get to pick the name.

16. Remus counted six and then went
to check with Romulus ----
Romulus counted twelve. The
boys argued again. This time
about who was telling the truth.
Romulus won the argument
and named the city after him So,
on April 21st in the year 753 B.C.,
the city called "Rome" was born.

17. The boys decided to build
a fence around the city to
protect it from
invaders. They argued
again. Remus said it
wasn't high enough, but
Romulus insisted it was.
To prove he was right,
Remus attempted to jump
over the fence.

18. The fall was fatal --- and
Remus died. Sadly,
Remus was only 18 years
old at his death, and a
King for such a short time.

19. One day, in the 37th year
of his reign as King,
Romulus went out to give
a speech to the people of
Rome. He stood in the
open field and as he
spoke, a thunderstorm
came along. All the
people scattered and ran
for shelter from the rain -
-- All, but King Romulus.

20. A strange thing happened. After the
rain, the people came out from the
shelters to gather again in the field ---
but King Romulus was gone! He
couldn't be found anywhere.
When they looked at the spot where
he was standing, they only found his
crown lying in the grass.

21. It was a mystery never solved. Rumors and gossip
abound. Some say he was murdered, others
thought he was kidnapped. But eventually, the one
most favorite was, since it was a God that saved
him at birth, it was only reasonable that after he
built the great city of Rome, that the Gods would
take him up to the heavens.
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