Mother of Rome

A powerful and fierce reimagining of the earliest Roman legends: the twins Romulus and Remus, mythical founders of history’s greatest empire, and the woman whose sacrifice made it all possible.

The names Romulus and Remus may be immortalized in map and stone and chronicle, but their mother exists only as a preface to her sons’ journey, the princess turned oath-breaking priestess, condemned to death alongside her children.

Except she did not die; she survived. And so does her story.

Beautiful, ...