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Around this time, some in the city guessed his real identity. Romulus and Remus soon learned their true identity. Romulus joined up with his grandfather, and he killed King Amulius. He also rescued his brother and restored their grandfather to his throne. In some accounts, Romulus refused the throne because he believed that he was destined to found a great city. The twins then sought to establish their city, which they would rule jointly.<ref>Bremmer, J. N., & Horsfall, N. Roman Myth and Mythography (University of Groningen, 1987), p. 4-8</ref>
====What caused the conflict between Romulus murders of and Remus====
[[File: Romulus Two.jpg|200px|thumb|left| Romulus and Remus from a stone relief]]
The two brothers set out to find a good place to build a city. They separated , and each looked for the best site. They eventually found sites that they considered to be the best one. These were two adjacent hills. Romulus wanted to build the new city on the Palatine Hill, while Remus wanted to construct it on the Aventine Hill. This split led to a bitter dispute , and the two brothers had a violent confrontation. They decided to let the Gods decided decide, and they consulted augury. This An augury's job was the practice of predicting to predict the will of the deities, concerning an issue. It was based on Augury's attempted to interpret the flight of birds and this was believed to indicate determine if a particular action was good or bad. According to the story, recorded by Livy, each brother prepared a sacred area on their hills and began to study the birds in the sky .<ref>Livy, 1, 17</ref>. The augury determined that the brother who saw the most birds was believed to have had secured the support for their plans, from the Gods. Remus reported that he saw 6 witnessed six birds , and Romulus claimed countered that he saw a dozen. The latter claimed that his proposed site was the best. His brother disagreed and he claimed that he saw the birds first and that he had received the approval from the Gods. There was a standoff and the two brothers began to quarrel as did their respective followers. Romulus who in the myths is always shown to be the more enterprising of the brothers began to build walls and dig trenches around his site, on the Palatine Hill. Remus was amused by this and began to mock his brother. On one, occasion Remus would jump over the walls, making fun of Romulus ' work and efforts.
====How did Remus die====
