摘要：Romulus, Rome’s founder, had a twin brother, Remus. Since the brotherswished to found a city, and since only one of them could do that,or at least only one of them could give his name to the city, the equalitythat came with being twins constituted a problem. This was solved by meansof a competition, a competition that Romulus won (unambiguously, ambiguously,or just by cheating). At some stage afterwards, Remus was killed. Thismay have happened because Romulus’ victory was not certain, Remus’ menclaimed victory for Remus, and a violent altercation ensued, or because Remusleapt over his brother’s walls. In some versions, it was Romulus himselfwho killed his brother, in others, a man called Celer, or, in one late version,an otherwise unknown and somewhat mysterious Fabius. And so on.
