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| Alba Longa | City 19 Kilometers SE of Rome, the parent city of Rome ruled by Numitor and later Amulius |
| Aeneas | The Trojan prince who escaped from the burning Troy and sailed to Italy and founded the town of Lavinium; the father of Ascanius |
| Amulius | Numitor's younger brother, who became jealous and chased Numitor out of Alba Longa so that he could rule the city alone. Later he was killed by Romulus and Remus. |
| Ascanius | The son of Trojan Aeneas and legendary founder of Alba Longa. Ascanius and his father came to Italy after Troy was destroyed by the Greeks. |
| Aventine Hill | Remus stood on this hill and saw 6 vultures |
| Faustulus | The shepard who found the young twins in the woods, took them to his wife and raised them to adulthood |
| Iulus | Another name for Ascanius. Iulius Caesar claimed that Iulus was his distant ancestor |
| Laviunium | Aeneas founded this city which was the first city which eventually led to the founding of Rome |
| Lupercal | The spot on the Tiber River next to the Palatine hill were the twin boys washed up and were found by the she wolf |
| Mars | The god of war who came to Rhea Silvia when she was locked in the tower and fathered Romulus and Remus |
| Numitor | The older brother of Amulius and father of Rhea Silvia. He was chased out of Alba Longa, but later restored to power by his grandsons Romulus and Remus |
| Palatine Hill | Romulus stood on this hill and saw 12 vultures |
| Quirinal Hill | The hill named for the ancient deity associated with Romulus |
| Quirinus | An ancient Sabine deity thought by the Romans to have been Romulus' deified spirit |
| Remus | He jumped over Romulus' walls and was killed by his brother for it |
| Rhea Silvia | The Vestal Virgin who had a set of twins with Mars the god of war, for which crime Amulius put her in prison. |
| Rome | City founded by Romulus on April 21, 753 BCE |
| Romulus | The son of Rhea Silvia who killed his brother to found the city of Rome |
| Sabine women | The women of a neighboring town to Rome who were invited to a party by Romulus, and later became Roman wives |
| Vestal Virgins | Powerful priestesses of Rome who spent 30 years tending the eternal in the round Temple of Vesta |
