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===''Roman Antiquities'' (Dionysius)=== {{Main|Dionysius of Halicarnassus}} Dionysius cites, among others, the histories of [[Quintus Fabius Pictor|Pictor]], [[Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi (consul 133 BC)|Lucius Calpurnius Piso]], [[Cato the Elder]], [[Lucius Cincius Alimentus]]. The first book of Dionysius' twenty-volume history of Rome does not mention Remus until chapter 71. After spending another 8 chapters discussing the background of their birth in Alba, he dedicates a total of 9 chapters to the tale (79β87). Most of that is spent discussing the conflict with Amulius. He goes on to discuss the various accounts of the city's founding by others, and the lineage and parentage of the twins for another 8 chapters until arriving at the tale of their abandonment by the Tiber River. He spends the better part of the chapter 79 discussing the survival in the wild. Then the end of chapters 79 through 84 focuses on the account of their struggle with Amulius. Chapter 84 is an alternate, non-fantastical account of their survival; the augury and fratricide are discussed in chapters 85 to 88.
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