Remus

Family: Romans · Role: twin brother of Romulus · First appears: Romulus

Life events

• Ilia gave birth to twin boys, whom Amulius ordered abandoned despite Antho's intervention.(Romulus)
  • With: Ilia Antho Amulius Romulus
  • “This lady some call Ilia, others Rhea, and others Silvia; however, not long after, she was, contrary to the established laws of the Vestals, discovered to be with child, and should have suffered the most cruel punishment, had not Antho, the king's daughter, mediated with her father for her; nevertheless, she was confined, and debarred all company, that she might not be delivered without the king's knowledge. In time she brought forth two boys, of more than human size and beauty, whom Amulius, becoming yet more alarmed, commanded a servant to take and cast away;”
• Romulus and Remus led a revolt that captured and killed Amulius.(Romulus)
  • With: Romulus Amulius
  • “Remus rousing the citizens within to revolt, and Romulus making attacks from without, the tyrant, not knowing either what to do, or what expedient to think of for his security, in this perplexity and confusion was taken and put to death.”
• Romulus and Remus relinquished Alba's rule and resolved to build a city where they were raised.(Romulus · 📍 Alba)
  • With: Romulus
  • “Amulius now being dead and matters quietly disposed, the two brothers would neither dwell in Alba without governing there, nor take the government into their own hands during the life of their grandfather. Having therefore delivered the dominion up into his hands, and paid their mother befitting honor, they resolved to live by themselves, and build a city in the same place where they were in their infancy brought up.”
• Remus, Faustulus, and Plistinus were killed during the city wall's construction.(Romulus)
  • With: Romulus Faustulus 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.”
• Romulus and Remus gave liberty to almost all the Latins before becoming freemen themselves.(Comparison of Romulus with Theseus)
  • With: Romulus
  • “both the brothers being thought servants and the sons of swineherds, before becoming freemen themselves, gave liberty to almost all the Latins, obtaining at once all the most honorable titles,”

Romulus

• siblings with Romulus “and was, with his brother Remus, in their infancy, carried into Italy,”
• parent: Ilia “In time she brought forth two boys, of more than human size and beauty,”
• guardian: Faustulus “Meantime Faustulus, Amulius's swineherd, brought up the children without any man's knowledge;”
• guardian: Acca Larentia “and such an one was the wife of Faustulus, who nurtured these children, Acca Larentia by name.”
• with Romulus (interaction) “some say Romulus himself struck him, others Celer, one of his companions; he fell, however,”

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