Posted on 02/18/2020 11:52:49 AM PST by C19fan
A shrine dedicated to the legendary founder of Rome, Romulus, has been discovered after archaeologists excavated the Roman Forum and stumbled upon the discovery.
The shrine includes an underground chamber containing a 55-inch sarcophagus, and what experts believe may be an altar. The sarcophagus dates to the 6th century B.C., according to experts.
"This is an extraordinary discovery," Alfonsina Russo, director of the Colosseum Archaeological Park, told The Times of London. "The forum never ceases to yield amazing fresh treasures."
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Should Geraldo schedule another prime time opening show? :)
I was wondering where I’d left that old thing.
Ahem.
beat me to it.
Interesting. Thanks for that insight.
***Would Rome be called REME?***
Reminds me of what a newspaper critic said about an Italian sword and sandal movie back in the 1960s.
Would Rome be called REME?
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And the Romans would then be the Reamers. No one want’s to get conquered by the Reamers.
Most “myths” (apart from today’s myth of human induced climate change) are based on real people and events.
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I believe climate change falls with in the sphere of based on real stuff.
It does get warmer in the summer and cooler in the winter. That means the climate does change season to season. It’s just not like the High Profits of Climate Doom preach it to be.
55 inch ?
I had heard that Romans were on the short side ....
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There is archaeological evidence of human occupation of the Rome area from at least 5,000 years, but the dense layer of much younger debris obscures Palaeolithic and Neolithic sites.[2] The evidence suggesting the city’s ancient foundation is also obscured by the legend of Rome’s beginning involving Romulus and Remus.
The traditional date for the founding of Rome is 21 April 753 BC, following Marcus Terentius Varro,[3] and the city and surrounding region of Latium has continued to be inhabited with little interruption since around that time. Excavations made in 2014 have revealed a wall built long before the city’s official founding year. Archaeologists uncovered a stone wall and pieces of pottery dating to the 9th century BC and the beginning of the 8th century BC, and there is evidence of people arriving on the Palatine hill as early as the 10th century BC.[4][5]
After 650 BC, the Etruscans became dominant in Italy and expanded into north-central Italy. Roman tradition claimed that Rome had been under the control of seven kings from 753 to 509 BC beginning with the mythical Romulus who was said to have founded the city of Rome along with his brother Remus.
Interesting, thanks.
Penguin Books has history of Rome. Try Livy a roman historian who wrote over 600 years of history from the beginning. Unfortunately only his work till the second punic war survives.
Penguin books a paperback and inexpensive.
Romeo didn’t found Rome?
I hope you noted that the Associated Press couldn’t even get the date right. They had 735 BC and the correct date is, yes, 753 BC.
Romeo lived in fair Verona, where we lay our scene.
Thanks Verginius Rufus.
Here in Michigan we're smug, because we have Romulus, MI, as well as Remus, MI -- not to mention Rome. Regarding Romeo, we have a Montague (but alas, no Capulet). Oh yeah, and Hell MI, and Paradise MI.
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