person
Romulus
Founder and first king of Rome, deified as Quirinus; invoked as the rustic god who gobbles boiling turnips, the company Claudius would join.
Reading notes
- The Pumpkinification of the Divine Claudius §9 Romulus
Founder of Rome, deified as Quirinus; the rustic god 'gobbling boiling turnips' whom Claudius would join.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §108.31 Romulus
The founder and first king of Rome, said to have vanished during a darkening of the sun.