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Rea Silvia   /reɪ sˈɪlviə/   Listen
Rea Silvia

noun
1.
(Roman mythology) a vestal virgin who became the mother by Mars of the twins Romulus and Remus.  Synonym: Rhea Silvia.





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... Force, however, prevailed more than a father's wish or the respect due to seniority. Amulius drove out his brother and seized the kingdom: he added crime to crime, murdered his brother's male issue, and, under pretence of doing honour to his brother's daughter, Rea Silvia, having chosen her a Vestal Virgin,[2] deprived her of all hopes of issue by the obligation ...
— Roman History, Books I-III • Titus Livius


Words linked to "Rea Silvia" :   Roman mythology, vestal virgin, Rhea Silvia


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