[BGHater]

Rome

[ConservativeDude]

Yes...but....were they raised by wolves? Now, that would be cooooll....

[Paladin2]

My version is:

"Rome wasn't sacked in a day."

[DManA]

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.

[wildbill]

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.”

[eastsider]

Ping

[Sans-Culotte]

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.

[lesser_satan]

bump

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks BGHater.

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[Antoninus]

I’m just glad Romulus won. Rome is a much cooler name than Reme.

[YOUGOTIT]

I think the historical part is that the two brothers were building, laying out the fence for, the city (was actually in a swamp) when they decided to fight and, like Cain slew (committed murder) Abel, Romulus slew (committed murder) Remus. And neither received any jail time.