Romulus
mythical founder and first King of Rome. According to the legends, he was the son of the vestal Rhea Sylvia by the god Mars, Sylvia being a daughter of Numitor, rightful heir of the er. Exposed with his twin brother genius IV. in 1431. From then on it maintained its existence as a papal in- King of Alba, but deprived by his brothstitution until the year 1870, when in was brought under the control of the the political upheaval of that period, it Italian Government. The Royal Uni- shepherd. Their parentage was discovversity has a registration of between four and five thousand students. Although handicapped, as other educational institutions have been by the recent World War, it has continued to on its activities in the several schools of engineering, pharmacy, agriculture, diplomacy, philosophy, science, medicine, and law. Its manuscript, pamphlet, and book collections, known as the Biblioteca Alessandrina, have been credited with about 250,000 volumes.