The History of Rome - Table of Contents Shewolf Statue

shewolf_color.gif This great bronze Etruscan shewolf was discovered on the Capitoline. This statue of a weary protective she-wolf with a lions mane dates back to about 480 BC and became the emblem for Rome. The babies (Romulus and Remus sucking) were added later sometime during the renaissance (15th cent. BC.).

PALAZZO DEI CONSERVATORI, ROME

The History of Rome - Part One 743 - 136 B.C.

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