had just been killed and she was still
             fertile. Romulus and Remus were found by a shepherd named Faustulus, who took
             them home to his wife to raise them. As they grew up, being sons of Mars, they
             turned out to be very athletic and natural leaders, especially of the local
             boys. When the boys grew up, they heard the story of Numitor and Amulius. With
             their local friends, they attacked Alba Longa, killed Amulius, restored their
             grandfather to the throne, and freed their mother. After restoring Numitor to
             the throne, the boys decided to found a city on one of the seven hills near
             where their basket wasfound by the wolf. This was a natural spot for a city.
             Accounts Livy, "Not without good reason did gods and men choose this spot as the
             site of a city, with its bracing hills, its [spacious] river by means of which
             the produce of inland countries may be brought down and inland supplies
             obtained; a sea near enough for all useful purposes, but not so near as to be
             exposed to danger from foreign fleets; a district in the very center of Italy,
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