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Long ago, in the kingdom of Alba Longa, lived a king named Numitor.

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He was a very good ruler and had a beautiful daughter named Sylvia.

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But Numitor's wicked brother, Amulius, overthrew Numitor and took the throne for himself.

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Amulius feared that his niece would give birth to sons who might try to retake the throne in the future,

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so he banished Sylvia to the temple of Mars to be a Vestal Virgin.

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But Mars, the god of war, fell in love with her,

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and together they had twin sons who they named Romulus and Remus.

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Once word got to Emulius, he furiously ordered the servants to sneak into Mars' temple that night and kill the two babies.

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But when the servants arrived at the temple, they could not bring themselves to harm the twins.

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Instead, they decided to send them away into the Tiber River so that Emulius would not know that they had lived.

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The river's currents were surprisingly calm, and the babies did not drown.

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In fact, the cradle they were in drifted onto a bank just at the bottom of Palantine Hill.

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The next morning, a she-wolf walked down the hill to get a drink at the river.

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But when she did, she stumbled upon Romulus and Remus.

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But instead of viciously killing them and eating them like any normal savage beast would,

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she decided to take them into her own care and watch over them as if they were her own pups.

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When the boys were older, they were found by a shepherd named Faustulus,

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Postulus, who took them from the she-wolf and raised them with his wife.

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They grew up to be strong young men, and word spread to the town where the former king Numitor

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had been banished to.

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He realized that the boys were his grandsons, and decided to have them come to him.

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When the twins arrived, Numitor explained to them everything that had happened, and told

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them that they needed to overthrow Amulius and retake the throne for him.

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That night, Romulus and Remus gathered an army of men, raided the kingdom, and killed their uncle.

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Once Numitor was back on the throne, his grandsons decided that they wanted to build and start a city of their own.

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But they couldn't decide where to build it.

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Romulus wanted to build it on Palatine Hill, where the She-Wolf had nursed them.

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Remus wanted to build it on Aventine Hill.

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Since they could not agree, the two decided to build their own cities.

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but while they were building Remus started mocking Romulus for having such

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low walls and left over them to prove his point

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Romulus grew extremely angry and killed his brother without hesitation

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exclaiming so perish everyone that shall hereafter leap over my wall