Faustulus
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In Roman mythology, Faustulus was the shepherd who found the infants Romulus and Remus, who were being suckled by a she-wolf, known as Lupa, on the Palatine Hill. He, with his wife Acca Larentia, raised the children. In some versions of the myth, Larentia was a prostitute (known in latin as lupae, or 'she-wolves'). The name Faustulus was later claimed by a Roman family, one of whom minted a coin showing Faustulus with the twins and she-wolf.
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