Madeline Parkes

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The most famous of all of these are Romulus and Remus, the abandoned babies who founded the city of Rome. They were the twin sons of Rhea Silva, a Vestal Virgin forced into the job by her evil uncle. Despite being a Vestal Virgin, and absolutely banned from shagging, she somehow turned up pregnant and claiming the god Mars had raped her, a story that her uncle did not believe one bit. When her twins were born, her uncle ordered the babies to be put into the river. The babies were placed in a basket and gently floated down the river far from the city. When they hit land, a wolf was drawn to the ...more
A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome
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