A 19th century bronze group, after the Antique, of the she wolf and Romulus and Remus -- 8¼in. (21cm.) high, on a marble base.

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A 19th century bronze group, after the Antique, of the she wolf and Romulus and Remus -- 8¼in. (21cm.) high, on a marble base.

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The mother of the twins, Romulus and Remus, was a vestal virgin. She explained her pregnancy by claiming she had been violated by Mars, the God of War. She was subsequently thrown into prison and the children were ordered to be drowned in the Tiber. They survived and were reared by a she wolf.

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