About this walk
This short walk of nearly two kilometres follows the story of Romulus and Remus in the order it happened, along the places where the Romans themselves believed it unfolded. You begin on the flats where the basket washed ashore, climb to the hut the city kept repairing for a thousand years, stand by the furrow that cost Remus his life, and finish on the Capitoline beside the she-wolf.
The walk runs from the Forum Boarium to Piazza del Campidoglio. A ticket is needed for the original she-wolf in the Capitoline Museums at the end; everything else is out on the street.
The stops
Walk them in order; each story plays when you reach its pin.
- 1Stop 1
The basket in the river
The plain where, according to the Romans, the basket holding the twins washed ashore, beside a fig tree that was venerated for centuries.
- 2Stop 2
The She-Wolf and the Shepherd
The cave where the she-wolf is said to have suckled the twins, and the shepherd who carried them home.
Read the story - 3Stop 3
The hut and the birds
The hut the Romans kept repairing for a thousand years, and the birds that had to decide who got the city.
Read the story - 4Stop 4
The Furrow in the Ground
A plough's furrow marking a sacred boundary, the leap of Remus, and a rule that shaped Roman law for centuries.
Read the story - 5Stop 5
The sanctuary
A city with no inhabitants, and a refuge for runaways, debtors and exiles to fill it.
Read the story - 6Stop 6
The rock and the women
The stolen feast, the betrayal of Tarpeia, and the women who stepped between two armies.
Read the story - 7Stop 7
The She-Wolf on the Capitoline
The end of Romulus, three explanations for his grave, and a statue whose dating is still disputed.
Read the story
Ready when you are
Walk Romulus and Remus with ROODS.
7 stops through Rome. Open ROODS in your browser, walk to the first pin and the story plays.
- Stories on a map, with narrated audio
- Walk at your own pace, stop where you like
- Runs in your browser. An app is optional.
