Romulus

Romulus [rom-yuh-luh s] Examples noun Roman Legend.

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.
a town in S Michigan.

Examples from the Web for romulus Contemporary Examples of romulus

One hundred and twenty-nine years in the future, Spock failed to save Romulus.

Sujay Kumar

May 14, 2013

Historical Examples of romulus

Then there’s Romulus and Remus, the twins, strapping young fellows.

Robert W. Service

Etruria furnished the people of Romulus with the science of divination.

Howard Williams

At Ravenna the young puppet-Emperor, Romulus, was also taken prisoner.

Thomas Hodgkin

And old Romulus will call me up on this very passage, I know.

Charles Monroe Sheldon

Whoever actively believed that Romulus was suckled by a wolf?

Edward FitzGerald

British Dictionary definitions for romulus Romulus noun

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