Romulus

Reading notes

• The History of Rome, Book 1 §5 Romulus

  Founder and first king of Rome, twin of Remus.

• The History of Rome, Book 3 §17 Father Romulus

  Rome's founder and first king, invoked here for having once recovered the citadel from the Sabines; after death he was worshipped as the god Quirinus.

• The History of Rome, Book 4 §3 Romulus

  Founder and first king of Rome, son of Mars, taken up among the gods as Quirinus.

• The History of Rome, Book 5 §24 the god Romulus, son of a god

  The founder and first king of Rome, here invoked as a god and 'father of the city' against the plan to forsake it for Veii.

• The History of Rome, Book 6 §41 like Romulus and Tatius

  Rome's founder and first king; Appius casts Sextius and Licinius as would-be kings reigning by largesse of other men's goods.

• The History of Rome, Book 7 §1 Romulus

  Rome's founder and first king; Camillus is reckoned the city's second founder after him.