Romulus

American  

[rom-yuh-luhs] / ˈrɒm jə ləs /

noun

Roman Legend.

1. the founder of Rome, in 753 b.c., and its first king: a son of Mars and Rhea Silvia, he and his twin brother Remus were abandoned as babies, suckled by a she-wolf, and brought up by a shepherd; Remus was finally killed for mocking the fortifications of Rome, which Romulus had just founded.

2. a town in S Michigan.

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Romulus British  

/ ˈrɒmjʊləs /

noun

1. Roman myth the founder of Rome, suckled with his twin brother Remus by a she-wolf after they were abandoned in infancy. Their parents were Rhea Silvia and Mars. Romulus later killed Remus in an argument over the new city

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Romulus

And I got to pet his St. Bernard, Romulus, while we waited.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

But in April, Colossal announced a more substantial, still pretty cute achievement: the alleged de-extinction of the dire wolf, in the form of three wolfish pups named Romulus, Remus and Khaleesi.

From Salon ● May 15, 2025

The other two are named Romulus and Remus, after the mythical founders of Rome said to have been suckled by a she-wolf as infants.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2025

Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi do not have dire wolf parents to learn from—and we have absolutely no way of knowing whether they are truly behaving like dire wolves at all.

From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2025

She wanted to see the original Tiber River, where Lupa the wolf goddess saved Romulus and Remus.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

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