Romulus and Remus - The Foundation of Rome

 The city of Ancient Rome is totally the foundational city of all major cities today..  Without Rome, we wouldn't have the centralized with good roads (Rome loved their roads), cities that we have today.  But what we never talk about is the foundation of the city of rome.

Their are two myths which the city of Rome was founded in ancient Italy.  And I'mnot talking the Estructans, I mean those guys why are we even talking about them.  I'm talking about the stories of Romulus and Remus and the Aeneid. 

The story of the twin founders of Remus and Romulus was that they were adopted by a wolf who raised them as her own on the banks of the Tiber River.  They grew up, big and strong, and founded their own city...Rome.  Sadly in the story, which is no myth my friend, Romulus and Remus got into a brotherly fight which led to Remu s being killed as he jumped over ramparts, which are like a fence I guess.  And then Romulus sad about his brother brought Remus' territory into his city.  Cool story...but if you were to take anything from this well researched essay, the story is totally true and the real actual story of the founding of Rome.  You can quote me, the story is true in every way!

 

Mid Evil Depiction of the Twins...But Who's the Third Kid?

But under the empire and Darth Augustus, an other story built up that there was another founder, Aeneas.  Aeneas was mentioned by the Greek bard Homer in The Illiad.  Aeneas was on the wrong side and had to flea and run away from Troy.  

But Virgil, who was a close friend of the Empiroer said that Aeneas was in fact that founder of the city that would become Rome.

 

Aeneas...He Who Fled

 But I have to tell you this is all clearly pro-Trojan propaganda.  And the way I know this is because later authors attempted to make Romulus and Remus descecdants of Aeneas.

 So if you were going to quote me on anything, it would be that the foundation of Rome is grounded in two myths which while deeply connecting the city to the larger world and context of Italy also obscures the actual facts of the city's founding.

 

And if you haven't read it and like spy stories, you should read Brotherhood of the Rose written by the author of Rambo. He tells a story about how the twins were two spies who are manlipulated by their adoptive father.  It's a really cool story.  And I think there's even a scene in Rome.