Rhéa Silvia

The Vestale Rhéa Silvia is the mother of Romulus and Remus.

Grand-daughter of the king Procas and girl of Numitor, Rhéa Silvia is high with the sacerdotal dignity of Vestale in the town of Alba Long the by her uncle Amulius who usurped the throne albain.

The goal of the dedication to Vesta is to deprive it of descent. Tite-Live ( Roman History I-3) affirms besides that, consequently occasion, Amulius kill all the male descendants of his/her brother Numitor.

In spite of its statute of priestess of Vesta which condemned it to a rigorous chastity, it has two twins, the futures Romulus and Remus of its trade with the god Mars.

According to Tite-Live, cruel the Amulius then made immure the Vestal and condemns the infants to be thrown in the the Tiber, which they will leave miraculeusement unscathed, before coming to be avenged for the usurper several years later.

According to the tradition, it is Sabin Numa Pompilius, the second king, who introduced and regulated the worship of Vesta to Rome.

Simple: Rhea Silvia

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