Then shall he move his capital from Lavinium
             To Alba Longa, which he shall fortify
             To the uttermost; and there a line of kings...
             Shall reign and reign till Ilia [Rhea Silvia], a priestess
             Of royal blood, bear twins begotten by Mars;
             And one of these, Romulus, fostered by a she-wolf,
             And joyfully wearing her tawny hide, shall rule
             And found a city for Mars, a new city,
             And call his people Romans, after his name.
             For them I see no measure nor date, I grant them
             Dominion without end. Yes, even Juno...
             Even she will mend her ways and vie with me
             In cherishing the Romans, the master-race,
             The wearers of the Toga. So it is willed."(Nardo 13)
             Finally, he wound up at the mouth of the Tiber River in Italy.
             He went inland up the river, which was a miracle in itself, because
             the river is very swift. He found Latium, ruled by King Latinus, and
             married his daughter, Lavinia. With King Latinus' permission, Aeneas
             and Lavinia founded a city called Lavinium, where they ruled side by
             side for many years. When Aeneas died, his son Ascanius took over.
             Ascanius founded a new city, which he called Alba Longa, and made it
             Now we advance four centuries. The king of Alba Longa is
             Numitor. He had a jealous brother named Amulius, who seized the throne
             and drove out Numitor. To prevent Numitor's daughter, Rhea Silvia,
             from having children who could claim the throne, Amulius made her a
             celibate priestess. While she was a priestess, Mars, the god of war,
             came and visited her and she had twin boys named Remus and Romulus
             (Burrell 7). When Amulius found out about the twins, he was furious.
             He ordered Rhea imprisoned and the boys drowned on the Tiber. The
             slave who was ordered to drown them felt pity for them, and instead
             sent them down the river in a basket. When they landed, a she-wolf
             found them and nursed them because her cubs had just been killed and
             she was still...