2) Romulus Augustulus. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Romulus Augustulus, (rom´yools ogus´tyools) (KEY) , d. after 476, last Roman emperor of the West (475-76). His father, the general Orestes, deposed Julius Nepos and...

3) Remus. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Remus, see Romulus....

4) Rhea Silvia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Rhea Silvia, see Romulus....

5) Numa Pompilius. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Numa Pompilius, (noo´m pompil´es) (KEY) , legendary king of Rome, successor to Romulus. His consort, the nymph Egeria, was said to have aided him in his rule. The...

6) equites. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...[Lat.,=horsemen], the original cavalry of the Roman army, chosen, according to legend, by Romulus from the three ancient Roman tribes; the equites were selected from...

7) Gabii. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...12 mi (19.3 km) E of Rome on the road to Praeneste (modern Palestrina). According to legend, Romulus was reared there. One of the most important of the Latin cities,...

8) Acca Larentia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(-ti´n) (KEY) , in Roman mythology, wife of the shepherd Faustulus and foster mother of Romulus and Remus. Her 12 sons founded the priesthood of the Arval Brothers....

9) Orestes, Roman general. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...he deposed (475) the Roman emperor of the West, Julius Nepos, and raised his own son, Romulus Augustulus, to the throne. The next year the barbarians under Odoacer...

10) Nepos, Julius. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Leo I, emperor of the East. A year later he was deposed by Orestes, who raised his own son Romulus Augustulus to the throne. Julius Nepos, however, was still recognized...