> I had no idea this had happened before or even that it could happen. Is this not a very rare event?

You may be interested to learn about the founding of Rome. Check out the top of this poster: http://www.olympicartifacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/1...

Well yeah, I'm familiar with it but it's not a modern event and I'm not sure how much of myth and how much of reality is mixed here.

That is a time that children have been raised by animals before. Dogs raising abandoned children is not unheard of even now, so the Roman story passes the sniff test for me.

The reference is to Romulus and Remus, the legendary founding of Rome.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romulus_and_Remus

The story of Romulus and Remus is quite far fetched. Personally, I love the myth but it does enact a lot of doubt.

From my recollection, the brothers became strong from drinking the wolf's milk; strong enough to build a city destined for greatness. (They were also saved by gods?)

Considering that most early civilization formed around fresh bodies of water and the positive connotation that barbarians (feral children) were integrated into society to become Kings is rather pleasant.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romulus_and_Remus

[1] http://www.ancient.eu/Mesopotamia/

[EDIT] I took too long to reply, I guess, and my comment was applied to the wrong thread. I apologize for the confusion.

The comment was meant for @rangibaby