Romulus and Remus
Classical Stories · No. 41 — Wolf-raised twins and the quarrel that founded Rome.
- Classical Stories
- 42 min
- Ages 8–13
- 7 chapters
About this audiobook
Twin brothers Romulus and Remus, royal babies condemned to die, are set adrift on the River Tiber and washed ashore, where a she-wolf finds and nurses them and a shepherd raises them. Grown into bold young men, they decide to found a city on the hills where they were saved. But they cannot agree on which hill, or whose name it will bear, and they look to the flight of birds for a sign. The signs are disputed, tempers flare, a boundary is mocked and crossed — and the founding of Rome is marked from its first day by a brothers' quarrel that ends only one way.
Why it's worth a listen
Two baby brothers are set adrift on a river to die, saved and suckled by a she-wolf, and grow up to found the greatest city of the ancient world — before a single terrible quarrel between them decides whose name it will carry. Rome's own story about itself, wolves and all.
A question to keep
When two people want to build the same dream, what happens if neither will give way?
Chapters
- Introduction
- The River’s Cradle
- The Mother in the Cave
- The Secret of the Hills
- The Language of Birds
- The Line in the Earth
- A Question to Keep