In Roman legend, who was the mother of Romulus and Remus?
Rhea Silvia from "Rea", meaning "guilty", and "Silvia" meaning "of the forest" and so assumed that Rhea Silvia was a generic name for "the guilty woman of the forest", i.e. the woman who had been seduced there. Rhea Silvia Rhea Silvia (also written as Rea Silvia), and also known as Ilia , was the mythical mother of the twins Romulus and Remus, who founded the city of Rome. Her story is told in the of "Ab Urbe Condita Libri" of Livy and in fragments from Ennius, "Annales" and Quintus Fabius Pictor. According to Livy's account of the legend she was the daughter
Romulus and Remus infant twins by Gabriele Fiorini, featuring the patron's own face. The most important works were an elaborate series of frescoes collectively known as "Histories of the Foundation of Rome" by the Brothers Carracci: Ludovico, Annibale, and Agostino Carracci. The "Loggia di Romolo e Remo" is an unfinished, 15th century fresco by Gentile da Fabriano depicting episodes from the legend in the Palazzo Trinci. Romulus and Remus In Roman mythology, Romulus and Remus () are twin brothers, whose story tells the events that led to the founding of the city of Rome and the Roman Kingdom by Romulus. The killing of