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According to Roman legend, who was the mother of Romulus and Remus?

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When Amulius usurped the throne of his brother Numitor, king of Alba Longa , he forced Numitor's daughter, Rhea Silvia, to become a vestal virgin so that she would bear no children. However, she became the mother of twin sons, Romulus and Remus, by the god Mars.

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