Latin myth name of the
Roman feast (better known as Larentalia) held in
honor of Acca Larentia, the wife of Faustulus who saved the infants Romulus
and
Remus from drowning in the
Tiber river. Acca Larentia was called lupa, "she-wolf,"
because of her immoral character, and this is probably what started the
tradition that the twins were suckled by a wolf.