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A Roman is in a tower being followed by a Roman Soldier. A girl with Blonde hair is near him. A temple is shown that has Mars appearing overhead. Lightening is hitting the temple.

(Female narrator) LONG AGO, IN THE KINGDOM OF LATIUM, THE GOOD KING NUMITOR, KNOWN FOR HIS WISDOM AND GENEROSITY, WAS DETHRONED BY HIS EVIL BROTHER, PRINCE AMULIUS. AT THE SAME TIME, AMULIUS BANISHED NUMITOR'S DAUGHTER, THE BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS SYLVIA TO THE TEMPLE OF MARS, THE GOD OF WAR. THERE, THOUGHT AMULIUS, SHE WOULD NEVER HAVE SONS WHO MIGHT RECLAIM THE THRONE. BUT HIS PLAN DIDN'T WORK AS EXPECTED.

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Sylvia and Mars are looking at a window. Their twin baby sons are being rocked in a cradle.

SYLVIA MARRIED MARS, AND SOMEWHAT LATER THE COUPLE HAD TWIN SONS WHOM THEY NAMED ROMULUS AND REMUS.

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Amulius is talking to another man.

IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR NEWS OF THE TWIN'S BIRTH TO REACH AMULIUS, WHO IMMEDIATELY ORDERED TWO OF HIS SERVANTS TO KIDNAP THE NEWBORNS AND DROWN THEM IN THE TIBER RIVER.

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Two man are creeping into the twins room to take them. They take the cradle, walk out of the home down a hill and put the cradle with the twins into the river.

THAT VERY NIGHT THE TWO MEN CREPT INTO THE ROOM WHERE THE TWINS LAY SLEEPING AND ONCE THERE, BEGAN TO CARRY OUT THEIR TERRIBLE MISSION. (rushing water) (splash of basket)

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The two men report to Amulius that the twins are dead. The twins are floating down the river they are crying. A wolf discovers them and takes them to her cave.

THE NEXT MORNING, THE SERVANTS REPORTED TO AMULIUS THAT ROMULUS AND REMUS WERE DEAD. BUT, IN FACT, THEY WERE NOT. THE TWIN’S CRADLE BOBBED AND DIPPED LIKE A TINY BOAT IN THE RUSHING WATERS. IT DID NOT OVERTURN AS EXPECTED, NOR DID IT SINK. INSTEAD, THE CRADLE EVENTUALLY CAME TO REST IN A CLUMP OF RUSHES. AFTER AWHILE, THE BABIES AWAKENED AND BEGAN TO CRY FROM COLD AND HUNGER. NOW, AS IT HAPPENED, A SHE-WOLF WAS NEARBY THAT MORNING AND HEARD THE NEWBORNS’ CRIES. SHE WAS CURIOUS AND WENT TO INVESTIGATE. THE ANIMAL WAS PUZZLED BY THE TINY HUMANS, BUT SHE SENSED THEIR DESPAIR. AND ALTHOUGH SHE FEARED PEOPLE, HER MOTHERLY INSTINCTS OVERCAME HER AND SHE CARRIED THE TWO YOUNGSTERS TO HER CAVE, WHERE SHE REARED THEM AS HER OWN.

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The boys are getting older and playing with other wolves. A Shepard sees them in the woods. He goes to the cave and takes the twins.

AS THE MONTHS PASSED, ROMULUS AND REMUS GREW STRONG AND HEALTHY. AND IN TIME, THEY BEGAN TO VENTURE OUT FARTHER AND FARTHER FROM THEIR CAVE. ONE DAY, A SHEPHERD NAMED FAUSTULUS NOTICED THE BOYS AS THEY CHASED EACH OTHER DOWN A PATH. THE SHEPHERD WAS STRUCK BY THEIR CURIOUS CLOTHING AND THEIR WOLF-LIKE GAIT. HE FOLLOWED THEM TO THEIR CAVE AND WAS, TO SAY THE VERY LEAST, ASTONISHED AT WHAT HE SAW. NOW FAUSTULUS AND HIS WIFE WERE CHILDLESS. SO, LATER THAT NIGHT, WHILE THE WOLVES SLEPT, HE CAME TO TAKE THE YOUNGSTERS TO HIS HOME.

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The twins are in Faustulus home and are eating dinner with him and his wife.

FOR MANY YEARS, FAUSTULUS AND HIS WIFE CARED FOR THE TWINS AS IF THEY WERE THEIR OWN SONS. ALTHOUGH, AT FIRST, THE BOYS FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO EAT AS HUMANS. IN TIME, ROMULUS AND REMUS GREW STRONG AND HANDSOME. EVEN SO, THEY NEVER COMPLETELY LOST ALL THEIR WILD, WOLF-LIKE WAYS.

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As adults they are sheparding, fighting thieves and giving stolen goods back to the people.

THEY HELPED FAUSTULUS WITH HIS HERDING. AND WHEN THEY WEREN'T IN THE PASTURES, THE TWINS TOOK TO AMBUSHING THIEVES WHO HAD STOLEN LIVESTOCK AND FOOD. THEN, THEY RETURNED THE STOLEN GOODS TO THEIR RIGHTFUL OWNERS.

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Various Romans are sitting around telling stories of the twins.

OVER THE YEARS, STORIES OF THE TWINS' BRAVE DEEDS SPREAD FAR AND WIDE. UNTIL, ONE DAY, REPORTS OF THEIR EXPLOITS REACHED THEIR GRANDFATHER, NUMITOR, WHO, BANISHED TO THE FAR, NORTHERN REACHES OF THE KINGDOM, HAD LED A LONELY LIFE FOR MANY YEARS. THE OLD MAN WANTED TO MEET THE BRAVE, YOUNG HEROES. AND SO, HE ASKED HIS GUARDS TO FIND THE TWINS AND BRING THEM BACK.

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The twins meet their grandfather.

AS SOON AS HE SAW THEM, NUMITOR WAS STRUCK BY THEIR RESEMBLANCE TO HIS DAUGHTER, SYLVIA. AND WHEN ROMULUS AND REMUS TOLD HIM THEIR STORY, HE REALIZED WHAT HAD HAPPENED. (Numitor) YOU ARE MY GRANDSONS. MY DAUGHTER, PRINCESS SYLVIA, IS YOUR MOTHER. YOUR WICKED UNCLE AMULIUS TRIED TO KILL YOU, AND HAS STOLEN YOUR BIRTHRIGHT. NOW THAT YOU KNOW THESE THINGS, YOU MUST TAKE THE THRONE FOR ME SO THAT ONE DAY IT CAN BE YOURS.

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The two brothers are talking and making a plan. They stand in front of a group of soldiers they recruited. They attacked Amulius and won. Sylvia returned to the castle and their grandfather to the throne.

(Narrator) WHEN THE TWO BROTHERS RETURNED HOME, THEY BEGAN TO PLAN HOW TO ACCOMPLISH THIS TASK. FIRST, THEY DECIDED TO RECRUIT, AS SOLDIERS, ALL WHOM THEY HAD HELPED OVER THE YEARS. THEN, THEIR ARMY WOULD ATTACK AMULIUS AND HIS FORCES AS THEY SLEPT. FINALLY, THEY WOULD TAKE THEIR ARMY TO THE TEMPLE OF MARS TO RESCUE THEIR MOTHER. AND BECAUSE ROMULUS AND REMUS WERE CUNNING AND BRAVE, THEIR PLAN WORKED. SYLVIA RETURNED TO THE CASTLE AND NUMITOR REGAINED HIS THRONE.

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The twins plan a city and build it. The brothers fight over what to name it. Remus is killed.

TO COMMEMORATE THEIR VICTORY THE TWINS DECIDED TO BUILD A GREAT CITY BY THE TIBER RIVER WHERE THE SHE-WOLF HAD FOUND THEM. ROMULUS DESIGNED THE STREETS AND HOUSES; REMUS--THE TEMPLES AND BATHS. AND, IN TIME, A MAGNIFICENT CITY BLANKETED THE SEVEN HILLS THAT STOOD NEAR THE RIVER. BUT WHAT WAS IT TO BE CALLED? REMUS SAID IT SHOULD BE CALLED "REME" BECAUSE HE DESIGNED THE TEMPLES. ROMULUS WANTED THE CITY TO BE NAMED "ROME" BECAUSE HE HAD DESIGNED THE HOUSES. AND BECAUSE BOTH BROTHERS RETAINED THE WILDNESS OF THEIR EARLY UPBRINGING, THEY BEGAN TO FIGHT SAVAGELY. SO SAVAGELY, IN FACT, THAT THE FIGHT ENDED ONLY WHEN REMUS LAY DEAD. AND SO, "ROME" WAS GIVEN ITS NAME.

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Romulus is shown as king. He is aging.

IN TIME, ROMULUS BECAME KING OF THE CITY NAMED AFTER HIM, AND RULED WISELY AND COMPASSIONATELY FOR MANY YEARS. BECAUSE HE HAD DONE SO MANY GOOD AND NOBLE THINGS, THE GODS LOOKED FAVORABLY UPON HIM. SO, WHEN HE DIED, HE WAS TAKEN TO WHERE THE GODS DWELLED. FROM THAT TIME ON, HE WAS CALLED "QUIRINUS," AND BECAME A NOBLE GOD OF WAR.