Hi hallax3!!
Livy wrote about the fraticide:
After the twins Romulus and Remus decided to build a new city in the
locality where they had been exposed "...As they were twins and no
claim to precedence could be based on seniority, they decided to
consult the tutelary deities of the place by means of augury as to who
was to give his name to the new city, and who was to rule it after it
had been founded. Romulus accordingly selected the Palatine as his
station for observation, Remus the Aventine.
Remus is said to have been the first to receive an omen: six vultures
appeared to him. The augury had just been announced to Romulus when
double the number appeared to him. Each was saluted as king by his own
party. The one side based their claim on the priority of the
appearance, the other on the number of the birds. Then followed an
angry altercation; heated passions led to bloodshed; in the tumult
Remus was killed. The more common report is that Remus contemptuously
jumped over the newly raised walls and was forthwith killed by the
enraged Romulus, who exclaimed, "So shall it be henceforth with every
one who leaps over my walls." Romulus thus became sole ruler, and the
city was called after him, its founder."
Livy did not give us enough info to characterize each of the brothers,
but you can read the story by Livy in the following link:
"Livius, Titus. The History of Rome, Vol. I" from the Electronic Text
Center, University of Virginia Library:
The history of Romulus and Remus until the day when Romulus dissapear
from the Earth can be found starting at the section 1.4 through the
section 1.16.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new?id=Liv1His&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=1&division=div1
Here you can read a summary of the first book of Livy:
"Livy: The Early History of Rome":
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/mdvl145/sections/35545/Livy.htm
Read also:
"Selections from Livy, Books 1 and 2" by Lewis Stiles, translator:
http://duke.usask.ca/~porterj/DeptTransls/Livy.html
"Seven Kings of Rome - Romulus":
the story of Romulus and Remus at about.com
http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa121002a.htm
For additional reference:
"Plutarch - Life of Romulus":
http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_text_plutarch_romulus.htm
"The founding of Rome by Romulus":
http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/grecoromanmyth1/a/mythslegends_3.htm
I hope this helps you. If you feel that the answer is incomplete or
need further assistance, please let me know via the clarification
feature, I will gladly respond to your requests.
Regards.
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