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The image of a she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus has been the symbol of the city of Rome since antiquity.
According to legend, when Numitor, king of Alba Longa and grandfather of the twins, was deposed by his brother, the boys were thrown into the river Tiber. They were rescued by a she-wolf. She fed them and kept them safe until they were found by a shepherd and his wife, Faustilus and Acca Laurentia, who adopted them.
When he became a man, Romulus founded the city of Rome on one of the seven hills along the river Tiber.
The most famous sculpture of the wolf and the children can be found on another of those hills, the Capitoline Hill.
This paper sculpture is easy to put together. No scissors or glue needed.
Size when built: 3 x 12 x 5 cm.
Tua ipsius manu facito.
Lupa Capitolina
Imago lupae suo lacte Romulum et Remum geminos fratres alentis ab antiquis temporibus signum urbis Romae est.
Pueri, ut habet fabula, Numitore rege Albae Longae avo suo regno a fratre expulso in Tiberim flumen iacti sunt. Ab lupa servati et nutriti a pastore Faustulo nomine inventi sunt qui cum Acca Laurentia uxore sua eos ut filios adoptavit.
Romulus iuvenis in monte Palatino septem montium uno iuxta Tiberim flumen Romam urbem condidit.
In museo in monte Capitolino sito signum lupae quo clarius invenirinon potest invenitur.
Hoc signum chartacaeum neque forfice neque glutino utens construere potes.