Romulus & Remus

Today in western civilization, Mr. Schick wasn't here. He was off doing whatever teachers do when they aren't at school. So in place of him, we had a substitute. He was very nice, kind of like a Mr. Powell and a Mr. Schick put into one. After the substitute introduced himself, he read what Mr. Schick had left for him and then told us to pair up, get started on our assignment, and keep the noise down. Our project, by the way, was to make a comic about the story of Romulus and Remus. If you don't know the story, he is some insight.

According to Roman mythology, Rome was founded by Romulus and Remus. These two men were twin brothers. The story begins with the deposition of Numitor, by his brother Amulius. Numitior's duahgter, Rhea, was a Vestal Virgin and she was forbidden to marry. However, the god MArs came to her in her temple and with him she conceived her two twin sons, Romulus and Remus. As soon as they were born, her husband, Amulius, abandoned them. They were abandoned because Amulius didn't want the boys to overthrow him. So as a result, he put them in the Tiber River. Luckily, the boys survived and washed ashore. They were later found by a she-wolf, who instead of killing them, looked after them and fed them some of her milk. The she-wolf was also helped by a woodpecker who brought them food. Eventually, the twins were discovered by Faustulus, a shepherd, and his wife, who brought the children into their home and raised them as their own. As the boys reached adulthood, Romulus and Remus killed Amulius and reinstated Numitor as King of Alba Longa. Then they decided to start a town of their own. They chose to create their town where the she-wolf and nurtured them. Romulus starting building the walls of the town on the Palatine Hill, but Remus thought they were too low. Romulus, in anger from his brother's remark, killed Remus. Romulus continued building the city and named it Roma, meaning Rome, under his own name. This is the story of Romulus and Remus.

With this information, Kate and I had to begin making a comic about it. At first, it was difficult because the internet wasn't working and we couldn't make an account but eventually, after a couple trial and errors, we finally got it to work and began creating the comic. It was a lot of fun to do and I'm pretty sure our comic will be amazing once it is done.