London, Nov 24 : The spot in the Roman Forum where Romulus, the first King of Rome, is said to have met a grisly end at the hands of senators who resented his high handed autocratic rule would be shown as a tourist attraction after being covered up for half a century.
The underground area of black marble paving stone or “Lapis Niger” marking the spot where Romulus is traditionally said to have been killed and dismembered, had been covered over with cement in the 1950s and surrounded by iron railings to protect it.
However, recent heavy rain had damaged the covering, and Professor Angelo Bottini, Superintendent of Archeology in Rome, decided to remove it.