Faustulus

Family: Alba · Role: swineherd and foster-father of Romulus and Remus · First appears: Romulus

Life events

Remus, Faustulus, and Plistinus were killed during the city wall's construction.(Romulus)
- With: Romulus Remus Plistinus
- “When Remus knew the cheat, he was much displeased; and as Romulus was casting up a ditch, where he designed the foundation of the citywall, he turned some pieces of the work to ridicule, and obstructed others: at last, as he was in contempt leaping over it, some say Romulus himself struck him, others Celer, one of his companions; he fell, however, and in the scuffle Faustulus also was slain, and Plistinus, who, being Faustulus's brother, story tells us, helped to bring up Romulus.”

ward: Romulus “Meantime Faustulus, Amulius's swineherd, brought up the children without any man's knowledge;”
ward: Remus “Meantime Faustulus, Amulius's swineherd, brought up the children without any man's knowledge;”
married with Acca Larentia “and such an one was the wife of Faustulus, who nurtured these children, Acca Larentia by name.”
siblings with Plistinus “and Plistinus, who, being Faustulus's brother, story tells us, helped to bring up Romulus.”
employer: Amulius “Meantime Faustulus, Amulius's swineherd, brought up the children without any man's knowledge;”

Extracted from the original text of Plutarch's Lives. Made with Rho MD.