According to legend, long before the Romans founded Rome, there was a Greek city called Pallantium in the same area.

they left them by the side of the river, expecting that they would die of exposure. Romulus and Remus were saved from exposure by a she-wolf, known as the Lupercal, who suckled the boys and ...

The god Mars fathered the twins Romulus and Remus with Rhea Silvia. Fearing that their uncle would kill them, she put them in a basket and threw it into the waters of the river. It was a she-wolf ...

This bronze sculpture of the wolf that rescued Romulus and Remus was made in about 500BC ... As babies, the boys were left to drown in the River Tiber by their evil uncle, but they were rescued ...