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To: SunkenCiv

So they have the house of Romulus and Remus? Can that be correct?


3 posted on 04/20/2014 6:32:33 PM PDT by BipolarBob
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To: BipolarBob

I wanted to look into that further, I suspect it was either a house which (as many of them do) has an unknown owner and was named for a piece of art found inside it, such as the House of So-Called Scipio Africanus. Probably there’s a wall painting or mosaic on the floor illustrating the legend.


13 posted on 04/20/2014 6:43:02 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (We're at the "takin' names" part. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: BipolarBob

Ah, here we go — German bombs in 1943:

> In an oecus, the painting described as the birth of Rome showing the wolf with the twins Romulus and Remus was lost. This painting gave the name to the house.

http://www.pompeiiinpictures.com/pompeiiinpictures/R7/7%2007%2010.htm


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