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Excerpt from History of Romulus
Romulus is one of those half-historical, half-legend ary characters in whom we must see rather the per sonification of an age than an actual personage. The Romans traced the beginnings of their mighty state to him, and loved to think of their ancestor drawing in from the paps of the she-wolf, his foster-mother, the grim fearlessness and lust of battle that impelled his warlike descendants to sally forth to the conquest of the world. When he died they made a god of him; and well might the Romans worship one who so well typified their savage impetuosity, their ruth lessness, their rapacity, and at the same time the governing and organizing genius that enabled them to hold a rebellious world in the stern grip of the Pax Romana. 7. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
