page_title: Faustulus
hierarchical_section_title: Faustulus
context_page_description: In Roman mythology, Faustulus was the shepherd who found the infants Romulus and Remus, who were being suckled by a she-wolf, known as Lupa, on the Palatine Hill. He, with his wife, Acca Larentia, raised the children. In some versions of the myth, Lupa was a prostitute. The name Faustulus was later claimed by a Roman family, one of whom minted a coin showing Faustulus with the twins and she-wolf. Sextus Pompeius Fostlus issued a silver denarius in about 140 BCE that showed the twins and she-wolf with Faustulus to their left.
context_section_description: In Roman mythology, Faustulus was the shepherd who found the infants Romulus and Remus, who were being suckled by a she-wolf, known as Lupa, on the Palatine Hill.  He, with his wife, Acca Larentia, raised the children. In some versions of the myth, Lupa was a prostitute (in Latin a lupa, 'she-wolf'). The name Faustulus was later claimed by a Roman family, one of whom minted a coin showing Faustulus with the twins and she-wolf.  Sextus Pompeius Fostlus issued a silver denarius in about 140 BCE that showed the twins and she-wolf with Faustulus to their left.
caption: Romulus and Remus being given shelter by Faustulus, oil by Pietro da Cortona.
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