Rome's Symbol, Lupa Capitolina, Dated to the Middle Ages

The bronze statue depicting the twin founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus, being nursed by the she-wolf, seen for centuries as the symbol of Rome and the Roman empire and currently housed inside the museum atop the Capitoline Hill, might have in fact been created in the 7th or 8th century or e... [ read more >> ]

The Lupa Capitolina statue

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The Lupa Capitolina statue