Amulius

[ uh-myoo-lee-uhs ]

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noun

, Roman Legend.

a son of Proca who revolted against his brother Numitor and seized the throne of Alba Longa.

On finding this out, they collected an army, with which they drove away Amulius, and brought their grandfather back to Alba Longa.

Amulius, a celebrated artist, was employed during the whole of his life to paint this palace.

Quirinus was miraculously preserved in infancy, when threatened with destruction by the tyrant ruler Amulius.

Amulius feared that these children might, at some future time, give him trouble, by advancing claims as their father's heirs.

Amulius then asked Faustulus what he had been intending to do with the trough, which he was bringing so secretly into the city.

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