Young children 1-5When Romulus and REmus were young their parents put them in a basket and let them sail down a river in the basket. A wolf mother found them and raised them into young men.
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6-15 years oldA couple of a nearby town found Romulus and Remus in the wilderness living with a wolf mother. They adopted the young children and took them back to their home.
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Young Men 16-22When Romulus and Remus were older they found the perfect area for a new settlement. They fought over which area would be the city site and Romulus eventually defeated Remus and killed his own brother.
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To get people to his new city, Romulus threw a party for the nearby tribe of Sabine. Before the party was over he captured the Sabine women. He fought off the Sabine men to keep the women. These women were the first wives of Rome. The men of the city were all escaped slaves and peopled who were wanted because they committed crimes. They helped romulus fight off the Sabine men.