Capitoline Wolf
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The Capitoline Wolf (Latin: Lupa Capitolina) is a bronze sculpture in the Museo Nuovo in the Palazzo dei Conservatori on the Campidoglio (the ancient Capitoline Hill), Rome, Italy, where it has been housed since 1473. The statue's subject is inspired to the legend of the founding of Rome: when the twins Romulus and Remus' father Numitor was overthrown by his brother Amulius, he ordered them to be cast into the Tiber. They were rescued by a she-wolf who cared for them until a herdsman, Faustulus, found and raised them.
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