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- Rhea Silvia was herself spared from death due to the intercession of Amulius' daughter Antho. According to Ovid, Rhea Silvia ultimately threw herself into the Tiber.
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Rhea Silvia was herself spared from death due to the intercession of Amulius' daughter Antho. [16] [17] According to Ovid, Rhea Silvia ultimately threw herself into the Tiber. [18] Romulus and Remus overthrew Amulius and reinstated Numitor as king in 752 BCE. They would then go to found Rome. [19] [20]
When her time came, she brought forth twins. Amulius doomed the guilty Vestal and her babes to be drowned in the river Tiber (or Anio, according to Ovid 1). Silvia exchanged her earthly life for that of a goddess, and became the wife of the river-god Tiberinus.
How did Rhea Silvia meet her demise? According to legend, Rhea Silvia met her demise after her uncle, Amulius—the usurper king who had supplanted her father—discovered that she had given birth to twins, which violated her Vestal vows of chastity.
Rhea (or Rea) Silvia (Latin: [ˈreːa ˈsɪɫu̯ia]), also known as Ilia, [1] (as well as other names) [lower-alpha 1] was the mythical mother of the twins Romulus and Remus, who founded the city of Rome.
To secure his throne, Amulius ordered the death of Numitor's male heirs and forced his niece, Rhea Silvia, into vestal virginity to prevent any claims to the throne through her offspring. However, the god Mars, captivated by Rhea Silvia's beauty, fathered Romulus and Remus with her.
Aug 1, 2023 · In a bid to conceal her transgression, Rhea Silvia’s uncle, Amulius, ordered the twins to be abandoned and left to die in the Tiber River. But fate intervened when the infants were discovered by a she-wolf, often depicted as the iconic Capitoline Wolf, who nurtured and protected them in her den on Palatine Hill.
Apr 18, 2018 · So, King Amulius imprisoned Rhea Silvia and ordered the twins' death by means of live burial, exposure, or being thrown into the Tiber River. He reasoned that if the twins were to die not by the sword but by the elements, he and his city would be saved from punishment by the gods.
