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More Clues in the Legend (or Is It Fact?) of Romulus[Rome]
The New York Times ^
| 12 June 2007
| JOHN NOBLE WILFORD
Posted on 06/13/2007 6:21:26 AM PDT by BGHater
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posted on
06/13/2007 6:21:30 AM PDT
by
BGHater
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
06/13/2007 6:21:55 AM PDT
by
BGHater
To: BGHater
Yes...but....were they raised by wolves? Now, that would be cooooll....
To: BGHater
My version is:
"Rome wasn't sacked in a day."
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posted on
06/13/2007 6:26:35 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Islam is the religion of violins, NOT peas.)
To: BGHater
Saw a cartoon once. Two toga clad men holding plans in front of a construction site. One says:
We could have built it in a day but the unions would have raised hell.
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posted on
06/13/2007 6:29:06 AM PDT
by
DManA
To: ConservativeDude
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posted on
06/13/2007 6:29:57 AM PDT
by
BGHater
To: ConservativeDude
Yes...but....were they raised by wolves?That would explain their table manners.
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posted on
06/13/2007 6:31:06 AM PDT
by
Socratic
(Never be afraid to try something new. An amatuer built the Ark, Professionals built the Titanic.)
To: ConservativeDude
There have been historical accounts of children being suckled by wolves. But I present another, if less flattering possibility. The Latin word lupa, in addition to meaning a "she-wolf" was also a derogatory term for a prostitute.
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posted on
06/13/2007 6:31:58 AM PDT
by
Petrosius
To: Petrosius
Really? I impressed that the Romans said anything derogatory about prostitutes....
On a more serious note, if this trend keeps up, next thing you know, someone will excavate Troy...oh, wait...
We shouldn’t necessarily look to the academics for truth on these things. They are often wrong.
To: Socratic
Your tagline fits the story quite well, by the way.
To: Socratic
Their table manners are explained by their standard S.P.Q.R.
(Senatus Populus Que Romanus) or as commonly known in Italy
Sono Porci Questi Romani (These romans are pigs).
To: BGHater
Late in the story it mentions “..the presence of certain physical remains” shouldn’t be interpreted as giving credence to the story.
How could you write this story and not describe the physical remains found if they are at issue?
I wouldn’t expect the mummified body of Romulus, but maybe a rat-chewed original version of the Uncle Remus tales?
“Please don’t throw me in that stinkin’ Tiber.”
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posted on
06/13/2007 6:59:29 AM PDT
by
wildbill
To: Romulus
To: BGHater
Is this cave supposed to be the “cave of the Lupercal”, where the Lupercalia festival began in the roman Republic? If so, any remains would likely be from much later than the time of Romulus and Remus.
To: Sans-Culotte
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posted on
06/13/2007 7:12:15 AM PDT
by
BGHater
To: BGHater
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posted on
06/13/2007 7:46:07 AM PDT
by
lesser_satan
(FRED THOMPSON '08)
To: eastsider
archaeological evidence of the existence of Romulus Huh. All they had to do was Google me. Talk about hiding in plain sight!
Good to see you again. Hope you're well.
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posted on
06/13/2007 7:56:57 AM PDT
by
Romulus
(Quomodo sedet sola civitas plena populo.)
To: BGHater
I think it's good that Romulus won over Remus....otherwise 'Rome' would be 'Reme'.
Just wouldn't sound right.
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posted on
06/13/2007 9:09:51 AM PDT
by
capt. norm
(Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.)
To: ConservativeDude
My ex-wife was from Michigan and always swore that she was raised by wolverines.
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posted on
06/13/2007 9:11:14 AM PDT
by
CholeraJoe
("You just killed a helicopter with a car!" "I know. I was out of bullets.")
To: DManA
The early Roman ancestor of Maye West:
![](http://simpler-solutions.net/pmachinefree/images/uploads/mae27.jpeg)
when talking to Caesar, made that famous quote:
"Is that a scroll in your toga or are you just glad to see me"
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posted on
06/13/2007 9:14:00 AM PDT
by
capt. norm
(Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.)
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