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So Romolo and Remolo went to their city, and on an appointed day the two Princesses appeared in the public place, ready for the combat. But Romolo advanced with his brother riding on his shoulders, pick-back, sulle spalle, as boys do, and, catching up Sabina with one hand and Sabinella with the other, he ran away like the wind—so rapidly that he soon distanced all pursuers. And when Romolo was tired, Remolo took his place, carrying the sisters and bearing his brother. And Romolo made a song on it:

“Up and down the mountain,

Over the fields and through the rivulets,

Over gray rocks and green grass,

I saw a strange beast run;

It had three bodies and three heads,

Six arms and six legs,

Yet did it never run on more than two.

Read the riddle rightly, if you can.”

The two brothers wished to build a new and great city of their own. They went to a certain goddess, who told them:

“The city which ye hope to build will be

The greatest ever seen in Italy;

Above all others it will tower sublime,