Photo by Frederick Moore 



THE SACRED WOLF OF ROME IN BUCHAREST 



The Rumanians are intensely proud of their descent from the ancient Romans and take 

 every opportunity of emphasizing it. Here in the streets of Bucharest is a bronze statue 

 depicting a scene familiar to every student of Roman history. It shows the twin brothers, 

 Romulus and Rhemus — the legendary founders of Rome — being suckled by the wolf. The 

 two infants — so runs the legend — were sons of the god Mars by Rhea Silvia, daughter of the 

 king of Alba Longa. They were placed in a basket by their grand-uncle and sent adrift in 

 the River Tiber. Cast up on what was afterwards the site of Rome, they were suckled by 

 a she-wolf and fed by a woodpecker until rescued by the shepherd Faustulus, who became 

 their foster father. 



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