Dē Urbe Conditā II

After many generations king Numitor, Aeneas’s great great great (etc.) grandson, is king of Alba Longa.

Rēx est Numitor.* Rēx habet fīliōs et ūnam fīliam. Rēx habitat Albae Longae.* Fīlia est Rhēa Silvia.*

Sed rēx Numitor frātrem habet. Aemulius* est frāter. Frāter, Aemūlius, rēgem Numitōrem expellit. Frāter fīliōs Numitōris** necat! Nōn necat fīliam Rhēam Silviam. Rhēa Silvia est virgō Vestālis***.

*proper name

**of Numitor

*** Vestal Virgin: Priestess not allowed to ever have sex- so he doesn't want there to be any heirs

Aemūlius est rēx.

See here for a family tree if all the royal Romans are getting confusing.

Aemūlius* rēx malus est.

Mārs* est deus. Mārs Rhēam Silivam amat. Mārs est pater. Rhēa Silvia* est māter. Rōmulus* est īnfāns. Remus* est īnfāns.

Lupa prope rīvum ambulat. Lupa īnfantēs salvat. Lupa īnfantēs cūrat. Lupa īnfantibus** cibum dat.

** to the babies

Note: the river was rising in a flood so this was meant to kill them with out the sin of murdering them

Faustulus* est Pastor.

Pastor īnfantēs cūrat.

Īnfantēs adolēscunt. Nunc īnfantēs sunt iuvenēs. Rōmulus et Remus iuvenēs sunt!

Iuvenēs Aemūlium, malum rēgem, necant.

Iuvenēs urbem condunt. Urbs est Rōma! Rōmulus Remum pugnat. Fratrēs pugnant! Rōmulus Remum necat. Ēheu!

Rōmulus est rēx!

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