Faustulus
Publié le 22/02/2012
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(Faustus) Roman The shepherd
who found the twin infants Romulus and Remus
being suckled by a wolf and took them to his home to
give them shelter. His wife Acca Larentia (1) nursed
them and raised the boys as her own.
Faustulus was, according to some versions of the
story of these twins, a shepherd to King Amulias,
who had ordered that Romulus and Remus be put
into the Tiber River to die just after they were born.
Having overheard the king's plan, Faustulus followed
the servants who were going to destroy the boys and
rescued the infants. Later, Faustulus made the boys'
parentage known to the kingdom and helped them
restore their grandfather, Numitor, as king of Alba
Longa, thus ensuring their inheritance.
Faustulus died trying to stop one of the many
fights between the adult Romulus and Remus. He
was known in classical Roman times to have been
buried on the Aventine Hill.
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