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Rhea Silvia portrayed on a Sarcophagus. Rhea (or Rea) Silvia (Latin: [ˈreːa ˈsɪɫu̯ia]), also known as Ilia, [1] (as well as other names) [a] was the mythical mother of the twins Romulus and Remus, who founded the city of Rome. [3] [4] This event was portrayed numerous times in Roman art. [5]
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Romulus and Remus were born in Alba Longa, one of the many ancient Latin cities near the Seven hills of Rome.Their mother Rhea Silvia, also known as Ilia, [2] was a Vestal Virgin and the daughter of former king Numitor, who had been displaced by his brother Amulius.
According to Rome's foundation myth, prior to the founding of the city, Rhea Silvia had her twin sons, Romulus and Remus, taken by the King of Alba Longa.The boys were later discarded in the swelling Tiber River, which would later run along the Campus' western boundary.
Rhea Silvia, a mythological vestal virgin and mother of the founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus Rheasilvia / ˌ r iː ə ˈ s ɪ l v i ə / is the largest impact crater on the asteroid Vesta . It is 505 km (314 mi) in diameter, which is 90% the diameter of Vesta itself, and is 95% the mean diameter of Vesta, 529 km (329 mi).
Mars and Rhea Silvia (1617) by Rubens Mars and Rhea Silvia is a 1617 painting by Peter Paul Rubens , now in the Liechtenstein Museum in Vienna . It shows Mars 's rape of Rhea Silvia , which resulted in the birth of Romulus and Remus , founders of Rome.
Starting in 1506 San Giacomo was the national church of the kingdom of Castile in Rome. 1518 It was again remodeled in 1518 by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger. [2] In keeping with the Council of Trent's greater emphasis on the Eucharist, in 1549 Prince Philip of Spain donated funds to commission Gaspar Becerra to provide a gold tabernacle. [3]
It have been found three round altars dedicated to the Capituline Triad and to the divinities of Apollo (Graces, Muses and Horae), as well as a statue of Apollo with lyre and one of Rhea Silvia. Behind the stage building was a portico ( porticus post scaenam ) with a double porticoed gallery revolving around a central room housing a garden.