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Has anyone seen the ads for the 'rock opera' HERO?? Set in the futuristic NYC or something?? really interesting...
You know, I have never understood why "historians" are so often inclined to dismiss ancient history! Granted, the part about being suckled by a wolf is a little out there, but why didn't they believe that there were actual brothers named Romulus and Remus, one became king and one got axed? There are so many instances of ancient history being "disproved" by historians and then being proved true after all -- the discovery of Troy being a rather spectacular instance of that. This snobbish and elitist idea that historians of the ancient world couldn't be trusted on anything at all presupposes that people of the ancient world were stupid. Well, they weren't stupid. Often ignorant, yes, but their brains were as good as ours, and oral traditions are often quite accurate. After all, think about how the ancients transmitted information. Until writing became common, they just plain memorized things and gave them back verbally. Apprenticed storytellers were required to memorize Homer -- all of it! -- and be able to spout it back accurately before they became masters. So I don't at all see why modern historians are so quick to dismiss ancient stories as being rubbish.
Getting off my soapbox now ....
Ah, Deimos and Phobos. Were they born from the collision that left a giant scrape across the face of Mars?
All myth has a base in reality. Im surprised, and hadnt realized, that historians didnt think the story was true. I agree with Hetty_Fauxvert about the wolf part being a little questionable; but Ive always thought that the brothers were real.
Rumor has it that the ancient, past it's prime channel: CNN, was founded by Bevis and Butthead.
It is written by Reuters, which is allowed in full text.
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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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