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Romulus
Romulus: legendary founder of Rome.
Legend
The she-wolf and the twins Romulus and Remus
Romulus and his twin were born as children of Rhea Silvia (a Vestal Virgin) and the god Mars
Rhea's uncle, king Amulius of Alba Longa, ordered the children to be killed; they were put in a basket and thrown in the river
Nurtured by a she-wolf and found by shepherds, they were raised as shepherds
Romulus and Remus founded Rome; Romulus killed his brother after a conflict about the auspices
Romulus conquered several villages in the neigborhood (e.g, Fidenaenote[Livy 1.14.])
Romulus added new citizens to his city by opening an asylum. Because now there were more men than women, he captured the daughters of the nearby Sabines
The inevitable war ended in a stalemate; the Sabine leader Titus Tatius was made king as well
According to this legend, Romulus vanished. He was venerated as Quininius
There are no indications of a historical nucleus. The oldest settlement in Rome was a village of farmers, not of shepherds. The story about the she-wolf is a common fairy-tale (cg. Cyrus the Great being raised by a bitch); the story about the auspices was already known to Ennius.
Venerable institutions like the Senate were believed to have been created by Romulus.
