8th century BC in the Roman Kingdom

year-numbering system

mythical tale

episode in the history of Rome

foster mother of Romulus and Remus

In Roman mythology, Faustulus was the shepherd who found the infant Romulus (the future founder of the city of Rome) and his twin brother Remus along the banks of the Tiber River as they were being suckled by the she-wolf, Lupa. According to legend, Faustulus carried the babies back to his sheepfold for his wife Acca Larentia to nurse them. Faustulus and Acca Larentia then raised the boys as their own. Romulus later defeated and killed King Amulius of Alba Longa, with the help of Faustulus, and his brother Pleistinus. Romulus and Remus set out to build their own city, but then had a falling-ou

The Lupercal (from Latin lupa "female wolf") was a cave at the southwest foot of the Palatine Hill in Rome, located somewhere between the temple of Magna Mater and the Sant'Anastasia al Palatino. In the legend of the founding of Rome, Romulus and Remus were found there by the she-wolf who suckled them until they were rescued by the shepherd Faustulus. Luperci, the priests of Faunus, celebrated certain ceremonies of the Lupercalia at the cave, from the earliest days of the City until at least 494 AD.

fig tree of Romulus and Remus in the Roman Forum

series of wars between the Romans and the Etruscans

female wolf who rescued Romulus and Remus in the legendary tale of Rome's creation

battle

thumb|Map of Rome under the monarchy Crustumerium (or Crustumium) was an ancient town of Latium, on the edge of the Sabine territory, near the headwaters of the Allia, not far from the Tiber.

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reputed dwelling-place of the legendary founder and first king of Rome, Romulus

Tarchetius () was a mythical king of the Albans, who in some traditions is connected with Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome. He was described as lawless and cruel. His story is described by Plutarch in his work Romulus.