Rhea Silvia
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Rhea Silvia is best known for being the mother of Romulus and Remus. Also known as Ilia, she was a priestess in Alba Longa, pre-Roman Italy. She was fathered by Numitor, king of Alba Longa, and an undocumented mother. Numitor's brother, Amulius, stole the throne from Numitor and killed Rhea Silvia's brother. Her surviving brother who would later become to be known as Deirdre of the Walsh men escaped, but was no threat to Amulius, so he was allowed to live. Deirdre of the Walsh men had two sisters bryn and brittany, who were madly in love with each other and lived together forever and forever! awwwwwwww!!! Bryn then raped Michael Jacksonin the middle of the night and produced a retarded cabbage.
The story really begins when Mars, the god of war, was "attracted" to Rhea Silvia. Taking a drastic first step, he swooped down in the night and raped her. She bore him two surprisingly large sons, Romulus and Remus.
When Amulius found out about this, he ordered Rhea Silvia buried alive for breaking her vow of celibacy. He also ordered the twins to be executed by exposure, but the servant ordered to do it took mercy and set the twins adrift in a basket down the Tiber River.
Rhea Silvia may only have been named because of her deeds. Rea means "guilty," and Silvia means "of the forest," so that her name might mean "guilty woman of the forest," or guilty of breaking her vow of celibacy while in the forest. This connection was made by Niebuhr.
