The key myth, Erica suggests, is the story of the origin of Rome: Romulus and Remus were abandoned in a forest and suckled by ...
The god Mars fathered the twins Romulus and Remus with Rhea Silvia. Fearing that their uncle would kill them, she put them in a basket and threw it into the waters of the river. It was a she-wolf ...
Lots of people wanted to be a Roman citizen. This bronze sculpture of the wolf that rescued Romulus and Remus was made in about 500BC. The babies were added in the AD1400s. The Romans had a story ...