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  • In that vein, the biggest crater at the south pole has been called Rhea Silvia, the mother of Romulus and Remus.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • The other name of the mother of Romulus and Remus, she who is called Rhea Silvia, was — Julia!

    The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990

  • As the divine midwife, she helped Rhea Silvia give birth to Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome.

    Archive 2008-09-01 Jan 2008

  • As the divine midwife, she helped Rhea Silvia give birth to Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome.

    The Goddess Akka Jan 2008

  • According to legend, the city was founded by twins, Romulus and Remus, who were the sons of the war god, Mars, and of Rhea Silvia, a princess descended from the Trojan warrior Aeneas.

    2007 November 20 archive at eternallycool.net 2007

  • According to legend, the city was founded by twins, Romulus and Remus, who were the sons of the war god, Mars, and of Rhea Silvia, a princess descended from the Trojan warrior Aeneas.

    Got Milk? at eternallycool.net 2007

  • In her veins there ran the blood of a mighty and powerful goddess, and the blood of Mars and Romulus too-for who was Rhea Silvia, the mother of Romulus and Remus?

    Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

  • But Rhea Silvia, beloved by Mars, the god of war, gave birth to twin boys of more than human size and beauty.

    Early European History Hutton Webster

  • He had Numitor's son put to death, and forced the daughter, Rhea Silvia, to take the vows of a Vestal Virgin.

    Early European History Hutton Webster

  • When the year opened, the Roman celebrated the fact by solemnizing in its first month, March, the festivity of the father of the Roman people by Rhea Silvia, the god who stood next to Jupiter; who, as Mars

    The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic Arthur Gilman

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