Rom|u|lus

Rom|u|lus
Rom|u|lus «ROM yuh luhs», noun.
Roman Legend. the founder and first king of Rome. He and his twin brother, Remus, abandoned as infants, were nourished by a wolf. The Romans identified him with the god Quirinus.

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