Remus
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
his brother
in the texts
On the Commonwealth
Romulus's twin brother, exposed with him by the Tiber
Who, born of his father Mars (for let us grant the report of men—especially one not only of old standing, but also wisely handed down by our ancestors, that men well-deserving of the common good should be thought to be of divine descent, and not only of divine genius)—he, then, as soon as he was born, with his brother Remus, is said to have been ordered by Amulius, king of Alba, through fear of th …
On the Shortness of Life
Legendary co-founder of Rome, referenced in the antiquarian explanation for why the Aventine hill lies outside the pomerium.
either because the plebs had withdrawn thither, or because, when Remus took the auspices there, the birds had not given their sanction;