According to legend, Romulus and Remus were twins born to the god Jupiter and a vestal princess, Rhea Silvia. Rhea Silvia was the daughter of King Numitor. Numitor's brother Amulius took the throne from him. When Princess Rhea gave birth to the boys, Amulius ordered them to be killed, but their mother placed them in a basket and threw them into the Tiber River, hoping that they would survive. The boys were saved by a she-wolf who took care of them. Soon after, the she-wolf began to care for them and a shepherd named Faustolo found them and took them home to raise them as his children. Eventually the young brothers discovered who they really were and decided to kill Amulius to restore their grandfather to the throne. After doing this they decided that they too wanted to be king. They decided to build their own city but could not agree on where to build it. Since they could not reach an agreement, each began to build their own walled city. One day Remus visited his brother Romulus and insulted him by jumping over Romulus' wall. The enraged Romulus killed his brother and became the first king of Rome. This is the story of the birth of Rome. The she-wolf has become the symbol of Rome "because she is credited with saving the lives of Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome" ("Art Inventories Catalog Smithsonian American Art Museum Smithsonian Institution Research Information System"). With a mythological history as a backdrop, the sculpture, the Capitoline Wolf, is not only full of historical importance, but is also shrouded in intriguing mystery. The sculpture, the Capitoline Wolf with Romulus and Remus, depicts a she-wolf with twins nursing her. The bronze sculpture depicts...... in the center of the card......an Institution, 2011. Web. 14 November 2011. < http://sirisartinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp? uri=full=3100 001~!298851!0>"Sala della Lupa". museocapitolini.org. Musei Capitolini, 2006. Web. 20 November 2011. .Hull, Robert, comp. Roman stories. 1. New York: Thomas Learning, 1993. 6-12. Print.Squires, Nick. "The symbol of Rome's Romulus and Remus could be a medieval replica." Telegraph [Rome] 11 23 2011, n. page Network. 29 November 2011..Van Osnabrugge, Willem. "The She-Wolf, Romulus and Remus." Virtual library on the Ringling Museum. RinglingDocets.org, ndWeb. November 29 2011. .