Faustulus
Sign in to saveIn Roman mythology, Faustulus was the shepherd who found the infant Romulus (the future founder of the city of Rome) and his twin brother Remus along the banks of the Tiber River as they were being suckled by the she-wolf, Lupa. According to legend, Faustulus carried the babies back to his sheepfold for his wife Acca Larentia to nurse them. Faustulus and Acca Larentia then raised the boys as their own. Romulus later defeated and killed King Amulius of Alba Longa, with the help of Faustulus, and his brother Pleistinus. Romulus and Remus set out to build their own city, but then had a falling-ou
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- Faustulus
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- Faustulus - Mosaic de Font de Mussa - Museu de Prehistòria de València.JPG
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- The Font de Mussa Mosaic. A 1st or 2nd century Roman mosaic depicting Faustulus wielding a crook. Found in Benifaió (Valencia, Spain) and currently held in the Museum of Prehistory of Valencia.
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- c. ?
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- 753 BCE
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- Gender
- male
- Spouse
- Acca Larentia
- Occupation
- herder
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- Mignard - The Shepherd Faustulus Bringing Romulus and Remus to His Wife.jpg
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- name in native language
- Faustulus
- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
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- Roman mythology
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Faustulus är i romersk mytologi den herde som tog hand om Romulus och Remus. Tillsammans med sin hustru Acca Larentia uppfostrade han dem. Denna artikel om antik grekisk eller romersk religion saknar väsentlig information. Du kan hjälpa till genom att lägga till den.
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