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Who said "Rome was not built in a day"?

The origin of "Rome was not built in a day"

This is an English allusion - Rome was not built in a day.

It originated from an ancient legend:< /p>

It is said that the princess Lysisilvia, a descendant of the Trojan prince, was blessed by Mars, the god of war, and gave birth to twin brothers Romanus and Remus. The king at the time killed their mother when he found out. , and put the two brothers into a basket and threw them into the rolling Tiber River. It was a she-wolf who rescued them and fed the two brothers with her own milk. Later, when the two brothers grew up, in order to avenge their mother, They tried to kill the king, and these two talented children raised by wolves built the city of Rome overnight.

In fact, the original text means "Rome was not built in a day." , not “in a day”, should be “in a night” at night