Plutarch's Lives: Myth & The City: Foundation Stories: Classical Civilization: GCSE (9:1)

Amulius

Romulus & Remus killed this despot

Faustulus

Amulius' swineherd; rescued Romulus

Hersilia

The wife of Romulus

woodpecker

The bird that helped to feed and watch over Romulus

Remus

Romulus' twin brother

Romulus

He killed Remus for his jeering jump

Patricians

Romulus' name for the noble Senators

golden bracelets & shields

According to Plutarch, Tarpeia agreed to take these from the left arm of the Sabines

Tarpeia

A vestal virgin who betrayed Rome to the Sabines and was punished with death

Tarpeian Rock

The cliff named after Tarpeia after she was thrown from it in punishment for her betrayal. Still used as the site of punishment during the Roman Empire

The Sabine Women

Women who lived near Rome and were stolen to become wives of the Romans

Tatius and the ambassadors

These were killed by the and according to Plutarch their unavenged deaths led to a pestilence in Rome

despot

a ruler with absolute power or tyrannical control over a group of people

King Tatius

King of the Sabines who initially fought against the Romans but then joined then in ruling