Romulus
['rɑmjələs]
Definition
(noun.) (Roman mythology) founder of Rome; suckled with his twin brother Remus by a wolf after their parents (Mars and Rhea Silvia) abandoned them; Romulus killed Remus in an argument over the building of Rome.
Typist: Randall--From WordNet
Examples
- If Romulus and Remus could wait, Josiah Bounderby can wait. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Induced by these feelings, I was of course led to admire peaceable law-givers, Numa, Solon, and Lycurgus, in preference to Romulus and Theseus. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I will never forget Romulus suckling the Tiber. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Romulus was here before he built Rome, and thought something of founding a city on this spot, but gave up the idea. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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