Nevertheless, Rome’s founder and first king was honored among the Romans. From around the 3rd century BCE, the she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus became the symbol of Rome. From around the 1st ...

The Musei Capitolini (Capitoline Museums) dates back to the 1400s, and it holds Rome's symbol, the bronze Capitoline She-wolf. According to lore, the wolf nursed the half-wolf, half-god founders ...