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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Rom’ulus.
 
We need no Romulus to account for Rome. We require no hypothetical person to account for a plain fact.   1
   Romulus and Remus were suckled by a wolf; Atalanta by a she-bear.   2
 


 Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare).Ron or Rone. 

 
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