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According to tradition, Rome was founded on April 21, 753 BC, by Romulus, who killed in the process his twin brother named Remus. This date was the basis for the Roman calendar and the Julian calendar (Ab urbe condita). Romulus and Remus were allegedly sons of the god Mars and the priestess Rea Silvia, daughter of Numitor, king of Albalonga. The boys were abandoned to save them from the hate of Amulius, a pretender to Albalonga's throne, and taken care of by a she-wolf, even today one of the symbols of Rome. Romulus later killed Remus and became the first ruler of Rome; The origin of the city's name is unknown, with several theories already circulating in Antiquity; the least likely and the most jingoistic is to derive it from Greek meaning braveness, courage; more probably the connection is with a root *rum-, "teat", with possible reference to the totem wolf (Latin lupa, a word also meaning "prostitute") that gave suck to the cognately-named twins Romulus and Remus.
After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the Ostrogoths ruled the city from their capital at Ravenna. The Eastern Roman Empire, ruled by Justinian I, captured Rome in 536. In 546, the Ostrogoths under Totila recaptured and sacked the city. The Byzantine general Belisarius recaptured Rome but the Ostrogoths took it again in 549. Belisarius was replaced by Narses, who captured Rome from the Ostrogoths for good in 552.

PUBLISHED DATE	1911 NEW YORK
ENGRAVER	EMERY WALKER
PAGE SIZE: approx	8 1/2 INCHES x 6 1/4 INCHES
IMAGE SIZE: approx	7 1/4 X 5 1/4 INCHES
CONDITION	Very Good Condition. The image is clean, clear and sharp with beautiful detail. Blank on Reverse side.

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