So he pairs Theseus, the mythic founder of Athens, with Romulus, the mythic founder of Rome, and Caesar, the ambitious populist, with Cato, the moralizing elitist.
Innocent children could face the same fate as parents could sell their children into slavery, following the law laid down by Romulus in Rome's earliest days.
神话百科 The Mythology Book (Big Ideas Simply Explained)
In the time of Gaius Caesar, who reigned from 27 BCE to 14 CE, the roots of Romulus's cornel tree were inadvertently cut by workmen repairing some nearby steps, and the tree withered and died.
神话百科 The Mythology Book (Big Ideas Simply Explained)
The tale of Rome's initial foundation emphasizes the warlike nature of Romulus, inherited from his war godfather, and has a brutal theme that would come to define the Roman Empire's expansion for centuries to come.