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Romulus himself was the subject of the famous legend of the suckling she-wolf ("lupa") that kept Romulus and his twin Remus alive in a cave on the Palatine Hill (the "Lupercal") after they had been thrown into the river Tiber on the orders of their wicked uncle, Amulius. The latter had usurped the throne of Alba from the twins' grandfather, king Numitor, and then confined their mother, Rhea Silvia, to the Vestal convent. They were washed ashore by the river, and after a few days with the wolf, were rescued by shepherds.