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In Roman mythology, legendary founder and
first king of Rome, the son of Mars and Rhea
Silvia, daughter of Numitor, king of Alba
Longa. He and his twin brother Remus were
thrown into the Tiber by their great-uncle
Amulius, who had deposed Numitor, but were
suckled by a she-wolf and rescued by a
shepherd. On reaching adulthood they killed
Amulius and founded Rome. Having murdered
Remus, Romulus reigned alone until he
disappeared in a storm, and thereafter was
worshipped as a god under the name of
Quirinus.