Homeworld
| Romulus and Remus | |
|---|---|
| Class | Class M planet |
| First episode appearance | Balance of Terror |
| Major episode appearances | Unification The Defector Also appears in Star Trek: Nemesis and the 2009 Star Trek films |
| Date of destruction | 2387 (See Star Trek (film)) |
| Affiliation | Romulan Star Empire |
Romulus and Remus (ch'Rihan and ch'Havran respectively in Diane Duane's Rihannsu novels) are the two Romulan homeworlds. Although both planets orbit their central star (as depicted in Star Trek Nemesis), Romulus and Remus are often referred to as a double planet.
Romulus had no sentient species until a revolutionary Vulcan movement colonized it around 400 AD. These revolutionaries, over time, became the Romulans. A sapient species called the Remans developed on Remus and was conquered by the Romulans, later becoming a lower class in Romulan society.
The original colonization group of Rihannsu came to this system after they fled their homeworld in rebellion against the philosophy of peace and logic proposed by Surak. As Spock would later point out, if the Romulans retained the passions and expansionist outlook that the pre-Surak Vulcans once had, it would make them an extremely dangerous race.
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