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A man in Roman attire stands in water under an archway, looking at two babies in a boat on the water. Roman buildings are in the background.

A man in Roman attire stands in water under an archway, looking at two babies in a boat on the water. Roman buildings are in the background.

There was a king called Numitor. He had a brother, Amulius, who drove him from the throne, killed his daughter, and seized her twin baby sons. The babies were thrown into the Tiber River, which flowed through the city. The cradle that carried the two babies washed up at the foot of Palatine Hill. See more