From Romulus to Romulus

...and beyond

Romulus and his twin brother Remus had just been abandoned by the side of the Tiber river. As luck had it, a female wolf happened to be wandering by. Naturally, as one does, she raised the human babies as her own, nursing them on the milk of wolves.

As the twins grew up, they began to attract a small following. Over time, this following grew larger and larger.

Eventually, the twins found out who they were.

Their true heritage was revealed to them by the shepherd who had first discovered them under the care of the she-wolf. They were, in fact, the grandsons of Numitor, the rightful king of Alba Longa, who had been usurped by his brother, Amulius.

Driven by a newly found purpose, the brothers led their band of followers to overthrow Amulius, reinstating their grandfather to the throne. What would be next for these two kingmakers of royal blood?

Found a new city, of course. They returned to the place where their lives had begun, the banks of the Tiber river, to lay the foundations of what…