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Posted on 02/19/2005 11:00:06 PM PST by nickcarraway
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| Posted by Unam Sanctam On News/Activism 02/15/2005 5:44:26 AM PST · 41 replies · 1,025+ views AP | Feb. 14, 2005 | Sarah Barden ROME - Legend has it that Rome was founded in 753 B.C. by Romulus and Remus, the twin sons of Mars, the god of war, who were suckled as infants by a she-wolf in the woods. Now, archaeologists believe they have found evidence that at least part of that tale may be true: Traces of a royal palace discovered in the Roman Forum have been dated to roughly the period of the eternal city's legendary foundation. Andrea Carandini, a professor of archaeology at Rome's Sapienza University who has been conducting excavations at the Forum for more than 20 years, said... |
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I always figured the Romulus and Remus version was a fable like King Arthur. There was probably an ancient barbarian king named Arthur, from whom the legend began, and there was probably an early Roman king or warlord named Romulus. OTOH, the historians didn't believe the Etruscans existed for centuries, either.
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