Unreferenced date December 2009 File Cortona Romulus and Remus Given Shelter by Faustulus 01.jpg thumb 300px Romulus and Remus being given shelter by Faustulus, oil by Pietro da Cortona . In Roman mythology , Faustulus was the shepherd who found the infants Romulus and Remus Romulus and Remus , who were being suckled by a she wolf, known as Lupa, on the Palatine Hill . He, with his wife, Acca Larentia , raised the children. In some versions of the myth, Larentia was a prostitute known in Latin as lupae, or she wolves . The name Faustulus was later claimed by a Roman family, one of whom minted a coin showing Faustulus with the twins and she wolf. Sextus Pompeius Fostlus issued a silver denarius in about 140 BCE that showed, on the reverse, the twins being suckled by a dangerous wolf with the shepherd Faustulus to their left. Roman myth Category Shepherds Ancient Rome myth stub bg de Faustulus es F ustulo fr Faustulus hu Faustulus nl Faustulus ja pl Faustulus pt F ustulo ru sk Faustulus sr sv Faustulus uk ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The Roman festival of Larentalia was held on December 23, but was ordered to be observed twice a year by Augustus by some supposed to be in honour of the Lares , a kind of domestic genii , or divinities, worshipped in houses, and esteemed the guardians and protectors of families, supposed to reside in chimney corners. Citation needed date November 2008 Others have attributed this feast in honour of Acca Larentia , the nurse of Romulus and Remus , and wife of Faustulus . Roman religion festival Category Ancient Roman festivals Category December observances Festival stub ca Larent lia es Larentalia it Larentalia pl Larentalia uk ... more details
Infobox Person name Nicolas Mignard birth date birth date 1606 birth place Troyes , France death date death date 1668 death place Paris , France education occupation painting Painter spouse parents children Nicolas Mignard 1606 1668 was a French 17th Century painter. He spent most of his active life in Avignon and was the older brother of Pierre Mignard . Biography File Mignard The Shepherd Faustulus Bringing Romulus and Remus to His Wife.jpg thumb right 300px The Shepherd Faustulus Bringing Romulus and Remus to His Wife , 1854, Dallas Museum of Art Nicolas Mignard was born in Troyes in 1606. There, he studied painting with a local master. After traveling to Fontainebleau , Mignard came to Avignon in 1632. He then traveled to Rome with Cardinal Archbishop of Lyon. Mignard came back to Avignon in 1636, after having executed multiple series of etching in Rome ref http www.getty.edu art gettyguide artMakerDetails?maker 3962&page 1 ref . There, he mostly painted for religious institutions. Mignard spent the end of his life in Paris , where he became a successful portrait painter. Mignard left Paris after a visit of King Louis XIV and his Court in Avignon. King Louis XIV decided to bring Mignard to Paris. Mignard eventually joined the Academie Royale ref http www.getty.edu art gettyguide artMakerDetails?maker 3962&page 1 ref . Mignard s spending most of his life in Avignon made his career somewhat overshadowed by his little brother Pierre, who was installed in Paris. After his death, paintings by Nicolas Mignard mostly stayed in Avignon or in small cities around Avignon. During the French Revolution, as these paintings were taken over, most of them were attributed to Pierre Mignard ref http www.jstor.org pss 879756 ref . His art is now rediscovered. His style is typical of the Italianate classicizing aesthetic that dominated seventeenth century France, and obviously was very much influenced by French classical Baroque painter Poussin . Nicolas Mignard died in 1668 in Par ... more details
Pao Tcheou is a fictional character from a series of France French novels. Referring to himself as Maitre de L invisible Master of the Invisible , due to his ability to turn himself invisibility invisible , Pao is a megalomaniacal China Chinese villain, evocative of the Yellow Peril and similar to the famous Fu Manchu indeed he is supposedly his cousin. ref Jess Nevins, http web.archive.org web 20091027131218 http www.geocities.com jjnevins pulpsf.html Pulp Heroes , F. ref ref Jess Nevins, http www.violetbooks.com yellowperil.html On Yellow Peril Thrillers ref Pao Tcheou was created by Edward Brooker , the nom de plume for a French writer who has never been identified, and the series was continued by the equally pseudonymous Sam P. Norwood . The first series of novels ran from 1946 to 1947 , and the second from 1953 to 1956 . The Pao Tcheou series was massive in its scope, spanning all of the Earth and beyond, including a journey to Mars . ref Le Maitre de L Invisible , book 16, Voyage travers Mars . ref The evil conqueror Pao is opposed by the heroic team of Lapertot, a stalwart adventurer, and Professor Faustulus, a learned doctor who assists with the scientific aspects of the adventures. Pao s efforts to take control of the world are many and varied, including robot s ref Le Maitre de L Invisible , book 23, La Guerre des Robots . ref , atomic bombs ref Le Maitre de L Invisible , book 1, Le Vol de la Bomb Atomique ref , and giant monsters. ref Le Maitre de L Invisible , book 34, L le aux Monstres . ref References http www.coolfrenchcomics.com paotcheou.htm Pao Tcheou Footnotes div class references small references div Category Characters in pulp fiction ... more details
Image She wolf suckles Romulus and Remus.jpg thumb 270px right Statue of the Capitoline Wolf The Lupercal lupa , Latin for she wolf is a cave at the foot of the Palatine Hill in Rome , between the Temple of Apollo Palatinus and the Santa Anastasia Basilica of Santa Anastasia . In the Founding of Rome legend of Rome s foundation , Romulus and Remus were found there by the lactating female wolf who suckled them until they were found by Faustulus . The priests of Lupercus later celebrated certain ceremonies of the Lupercalia there from the late years of the Roman Republic Republic until AD 494, when the practice was ended by Pope Gelasius I . Modern discovery In January 2007, Italian archaeologist Irene Iacopi announced that she had probably found the legendary cave beneath the remains of Emperor Augustus s house, the Domus Livia , on the Palatine. Archaeologists came across the 15 meter deep cavity while working to restore the decaying palace. ref name Valsecchi cite news first Maria Cristina last Valsecchi url http news.nationalgeographic.com news 2007 01 070126 rome palatine.html title Sacred Cave of Rome s Founders Discovered, Archaeologists Say work National Geographic News publisher National Geographic date January 26, 2007 accessdate 2007 11 20 ref ref http terraeantiqvae.blogia.com 2007 112001 descubren la cueva donde romulo y remo fueron amamantados por la loba.php Descubren la cueva donde R mulo y Remo fueron amamantados por la loba ref On 20 November 2007 the first set of photos were released showing the vault of the cave which is encrusted with colourful mosaics, pumice stones and seashells. The center of the ceiling features a depiction of a white eagle, the symbol of the Roman Empire during the reign of Augustus, the first Roman emperor. Archaeologists are still searching for the entrance of the grotto. ref name Jaggard cite news first Victoria last Jaggard authorlink url http news.nationalgeographic.com news 2007 11 071120 rome grotto.html title Photo in ... more details
Year nav topic2 1638 poetry literature Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation s poetry or literature for instance, Irish poetry Irish or French poetry France . Events Empty section date July 2010 Works published English poetry Great Britain Henry Adamson , Muses Threnodie of Mirthful Mournings on the death of Mr Gall , Edinburgh, noted for giving a general description of Perth, Scotland Perth in the 17th century published with the encouragement of Adamson s friend, William Drummond Charles Aleyn , The History of Henry the Seventh ref name cocel Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature , Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0 19 860634 6 ref Richard Brathwaite , writing under the pen name Corymboeus , Barnabees Journall, under the Names of Mirtilus & Faustulus Shadowed , Latin poetry Latin and English poetry English verse on facing pages ref name cocel Robert Chamberlain , Nocturnall Lucubrations or, Meditations Divine and Morall ref name cocel William Davenant , Madagascar with Other Poems ref name cocel Justa Edouardo King Naufrago , by various authors a collection of elegy elegies dedicated to the memory of Edward King British poet Edward King , a college friend of John Milton s at Cambridge who had been drowned in August 1637 when his ship sank in the Irish Sea off the coast of Wales including Milton s Lycidas Thomas Nabbes , The Springs of Glorie , verse drama ref name cocel Francis Quarles , Hieroglyphikes of the Life of Man ref name cocel Thomas Randolph , Poems with the Muses Looking lasse and Amyntas ref name cocel Other Friedrich von Logau , Erstes Hundert Teutscher Reimen Spr che , epigrams, German poetry Germany ref Web page titled http www.library.yale.edu beinecke brblinfo brblguide german.html OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTIONS Collection of German Literature at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library website, retrieved July 25, 2010 ref Births Death years link to the corresponding year in poetr ... more details
infobox image File Rmn social header 1 .svg 268px data1 This article covers a subject of header2 Portal Ancient Rome Ancient Rome data3 data4 Infobox Hill of Rome name Palatine Hill Latin name Palatium Italian name Colle Palatino rione Campitelli buildings Flavian Palace churches palazzi people Cicero , Augustus , Tiberius , Domitian events Finding of Romulus and Remus religion Temple of Apollo Palatinus , Temple of Cybele Palatine Temple of Cybele , Lupercalia , Secular Games mythology Romulus and Remus , Faustulus sculptures Image Seven Hills of Rome.svg thumb right Schematic map of Rome showing the seven hills and Servian wall Image Palatine Hill.jpg thumb 17th century aviaries on the hill, built by Rainaldi for House of Farnese Odoardo Cardinal Farnese once wirework cages surmounted them. Image Palatineterracing.jpg thumb Massive retaining wall s extended the area on the Palatine available for the Imperial building complex. File Imperial Palace on the Palatine overlooking the Circus Maximus2.JPG thumb Part of the Imperial Palace complex on the Palatine Hill overlooking the Circus Maximus. The Palatine Hill Latin Collis Palatium or Mons Palatinus not a typo, the Latin word has no n is the centermost of the Seven Hills of Rome and is one of the most ancient parts of the city . It stands 40 metres ref Palatine Hill. 2007 . In Encyclop dia Britannica. Retrieved August 25, 2007, from Encyclop dia Britannica Online http www.britannica.com eb article 9058062 ref above the Roman Forum Forum Romanum , looking down upon it on one side, and upon the Circus Maximus on the other. It is the etymology etymological origin of the word palace and its cognates in other languages Italian Palazzo , French Palais etc . Mythology According to Roman mythology , the Palatine Hill was the location of the cave, known as the Lupercal , where Romulus and Remus were found by the she wolf that kept them alive. According to Founding of Rome this legend , the shepherd Faustulus found the infant ... more details
refimprove date March 2008 Priesthoods of ancient Rome The Flamen Martialis , who was always a patrician, oversaw the cult of Mars mythology Mars , the god of war, leading public rites on the days sacred to Mars. The sacred spear s of Mars were ritually shaken by the Flamen Martialis when the Roman legion legions were preparing for war. He was required to wed a virgin according to the ceremonies of confarreatio , which regulation also applied to the two other flamines maiores . ref Serv. ad Virg. Aen. iv.104, 374 Gaius, i.112 ref It is not clear if the death of his wife required him to resign his duties, as it did for the Flamen Dialis . The Flamen Martialis Priest of Mars may originally have represented the Priest of the Latins. ref http home.scarlet.be mauk.haemers collegium religionis quirinus.htm Quirinus by M. Horatius Piscinus ref Duties Festival of Acca Laurentia , or Larentalia , or Larentian Feast, or , in April In the month of April, the priest of Mars poured libations in the honour of Acca Laurentia, the wife of Faustulus , the foster father of the infants Romulus and Remus . ref Plutarch. http penelope.uchicago.edu Thayer E Roman Texts Plutarch Lives Romulus .html Life of Romulus ref Festival of Robigus, or Robigalia , on the 25th of April On the twenty fifth of April, at the Festival of Robigus 29 Robigalia , the spirit of the mildew, a suckling puppy and a sheep were slain in the city in the morning, and the entrails and the blood were carried in the afternoon by the priest of Mars, attended by worshipers clad in white, to the grove of Robigus at the fifth milestone from Rome on the Claudian Road. Here they were offered on an altar, together with unmixed wine and incense, as a burnt sacrifice to the god, with prayer to Robigus to spare the crops and to ward off harm from them. ref Eli Edward Burriss 1931 . http www.sacred texts.com cla tms tms06.htm Taboo, Magic, Spirits A Study of Primitive Elements in Roman Religion Chapter IV Magic Acts The General ... more details
by a woodpecker Picus . A shepherd of Amulius named Faustulus discovers them and takes them to his ... thumb left Faustulus to the right of picture discovers Romulus and Remus with the she wolf and woodpecker ... her off to the shepherd Faustulus. She has twelve sons when one of them dies, Romulus takes ... more details
NB this article has used the BC AD convention since its conception I m sorry, when is that ever a reason for doing something? Sculpture image Image She wolf suckles Romulus and Remus.jpg 280px title Capitoline Wolf artist year 13th and late 15th century AD or c. 500 480 BC type Bronze height 75 city Rome , Italy museum Musei Capitolini The Capitoline Wolf Latin Lupa Capitolina is a bronze sculpture of a she wolf suckling twin infants, inspired by the legend of the founding of Rome . According to the legend, when Numitor , grandfather of the twins Romulus and Remus , was overthrown by his brother Amulius, the usurper ordered the twins to be cast into the Tiber River . They were rescued by a she wolf who cared for them until a herdsman, Faustulus , found and raised them. The Capitoline Wolf has been housed since 1471 in the Capitoline Museums and Piazza del Campidoglio Museo Nuovo in the Palazzo dei Conservatori on the Campidoglio the ancient Capitoline Hill , Rome, Italy. The age and origin of the Capitoline Wolf is a subject of controversy. The statue was long thought to be an Etruscans Etruscan work of the 5th century BC, ref http penelope.uchicago.edu Thayer E Gazetteer Places Europe Italy Lazio Roma Rome Texts Lanciani LANARD 11 .html Lacus Curtius website Rodolfo Lanciani, Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries ch. X http www.museicapitolini.org percorsi percorsi per sale appartamento dei conservatori sala della lupa lupa capitolina Musei Capitolini website http www.museicapitolini.org en eventi mostre lupa.htm Capitoline Museums Exhibition The Capitoline She Wolf , June October 2000 http lupacap.fltr.ucl.ac.be Lupa Capitolina Elettronica A site devoted to the Capitoline Wolf in progress ref with the twins added in the late 15th century AD, probably by the sculptor Antonio Pollaiolo . ref Sculpture . The Oxford Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture. Ed. John B. Hattendorf . Oxford University Press, 2007. ref However, radiocarbon dating radiocar ... more details
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