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Definition of Romulus
1. Noun. (Roman mythology) founder of Rome; suckled with his twin brother Remus by a wolf after their parents (Mars and Rhea Silvia) abandoned them; Romulus killed Remus in an argument over the building of Rome.
Definition of Romulus
1. Proper noun. (Roman mythology) The legendary founder of Rome and the twin brother of Remus. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Romulus
Literary usage of Romulus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Rome by Wilhelm Ihne (1871)
"How Romulus obtained wives for his people. Therefore he built the town on ...
Then Romulus was wroth and slew his brother and said, ' Thus may it be with ..."
2. PLUTARCH'S LIVES: Translated from the Original Greek by Plutarch, John Langhorne, William Langhorne, Francis Wrangham (1822)
"THIS is all I have met with, that deserves to be re lated concerning Theseus and
Romulus. To come therefore now to the comparison. ..."
3. Plutarch's Lives: The Translation Called Dryden's by Plutarch, John Dryden (1875)
"THIS is what I have learnt of Romulus and Theseus, worthy of memory. It seems,
first of all, that Theseus. out of his own free-will, without any compulsion, ..."
4. The Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould (1882)
"The companions of Romulus, bearing the suspicious names of ... at Bamberg on
April igth, with proper lessons extracted from the fabulous acts of S. Romulus. ..."
5. Of the Origin and Progress of Language by James Burnett Monboddo (1789)
"This pure religion not introduced by Romulus, but imported by the Greek colonies
that had fettled in Latium before his time. ..."
6. Plutarch's Lives: The Translation Called Drydens̀ by Plutarch, John Dryden (1895)
"Add to this the fact that Theseus, for no wrong done to himself, but for the sake
of others, fell upon these villains ; but Romulus and Remus, ..."
7. A History of Rome by Robert Fowler Leighton (1880)
"From this time Romulus reigned alone over the two peoples, and made laws to govern
... The Constitution of Romulus.—First of all he divided his people into ..."
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