Amulius forcing Rhea Silvia to become a Vestal Virgin

Amulius forcing Rhea Silvia to become a Vestal Virgin, Amulius repto fratri Numitori (...) invitam consecrat (title on object), Life of Romulus and Remus (series title), Amulius forcing his brother Numitor's daughter, Rhea Silvia, to become a Vestal Virgin, so that she will remain childless and her descendants cannot avenge themselves. Amulius stands with his soldiers on the right. On the left Rhea Silvia in front of the stairs of a temple. Behind her are Vestal Virgins. The print is part of an album., print maker: Giovanni Battista Fontana, Giovanni Battista Fontana, Italy, 1572 - 1573, paper, etching, height 138 mm × width 185 mm. (Photo by: Sepia Times/ Universal Images Group via Getty Images)