WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -According to tradition, on April 21, 753 B.C., Romulus and his twin brother, Remus, found Rome on the site where they were suckled by a she-wolf as orphaned infants.

Detailed explanation-2: -Romulus built a strong wall around Palatine Hill and set up a powerful government, thus establishing the foundations of Ancient Rome on April 21, 753 BCE. Romulus even named the city after himself, as its natural founding father and king.

Detailed explanation-3: -Romulus and Remus were twin boys born to a princess named Rhea Silvia. Their father was the fierce Roman god of war, Mars. The king where the boys lived was scared that someday Romulus and Remus would overthrow him and take his throne.

Detailed explanation-4: -As time passed, Romulus and Remus, twins and descendants of this marriage, co-founded Rome. In an argument, Romulus killed his brother Remus, and became the first king of Rome. Romulus picked the Palatine Hill, a hill near the Tiber River for the location of the small settlement of Rome.

Detailed explanation-5: -The legend of Romulus and Remus gave Romans a divine ancestry since the twins were said to be the offspring of the god Mars and the Vestal Virgin Rhea Silvia.