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ROMULUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Roman mythology) founder of Rome; suckled with his twin brother Remus by a wolf after their parents (Mars and Rhea Silvia) abandoned them; Romulus killed Remus in an argument over the building of Rome
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
mythical being (an imaginary being of myth or fable)
Domain category:
Roman mythology (the mythology of the ancient Romans)