References to Greco-Roman Mythology Practice Test

Based on the passage, what is the effect of alluding to Romulus et Remus in Livy 1.4–7 on Roman identity?

Based on the passage, what is the effect of alluding to Romulus and Remus in Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita 1?

In Ab Urbe Condita 1, Livy recounts Rome’s beginnings and notes the twins’ extraordinary preservation: the infants are exposed, yet a she-wolf nurtures them: “lupa… pueros… aluit” (Liv. 1.4, summary with key phrase). Later, conflict culminates in the city’s founding and fratricide, and Livy frames early Rome as shaped by both divine favor and human violence. The mythic allusion functions within historiography as an origin narrative: it explains institutions and names while offering moral reflection on power and rivalry. Culturally, the legend supplies Romans with a sacred ancestry and a cautionary memory about discord within the community.

Glossary: lupa = she-wolf; pueri = boys; condere urbem = found a city; discordia = strife.