Capitoline Wolf (The Roman She-Wolf)
The Roman she-wolf the statue is demonstrating a scene from the legend of the founding of Rome. Of course, there is more than one legend about twin brothers and Capitoline wolf. According to one; Romulus and Remus are twin brother who ordered to their death into the Tiber River by their grandfather’s brother. They were saved by a she-wolf who take cared for them until a herdsman, found and raised them. When they had grown up, they turned back to grandfather’s city to take back the city. They took over the city, however; Romulus killed his brother Remus to own the city and named himself to the city. It is said that this statue actually was only a she-wolf statue. Then in the time of Renaissance, they added the twin brothers Romulus and Remus. For years, the statue symbolizes a gift from Mussolini like an appreciation who sees him as the founder of “New Rome”. He donated copies of this statue to various place around the worl...