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Cave May Hold Secrets to Legend of Ancient Rome - discussion about legend vs fact

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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	[quote] [b]WebShaman said:[/b] This is what I am pointing out, and also, how even though there is actual factual evidence of a place that is spoken of in legend, it does not mean that what happened in the legend is necessarily true or even really took place. What it does prove, is that the legend is based on some factual basis (meaning in this case that Rome really did celebrate this origin). [/quote] I'm not even sure that this is the case. As far as I can tell (and, again, I have little knowledge of the archeology in this case), the fact that a cave exists that the Romans believed was the cave where Romulus and Remus were suckled, and that this cave was also where rituals were held, does not necessarily mean that this cave was what the Romans believed it to be. It could just be a random cave that they decided would make a good location for the myth. In other words, the myth came first, the location came second. So I don't know if this can even be called "factual evidence of a place that is spoken of in legend." [img]http://www.liminality.org/asylum/sigs/suho_taegeuk_sig2.gif[/img] ___________________________ Suho: [url=http://www.liminality.org]www.liminality.org[/url] \| [url=http://www.ozoneasylum.com/4837]Cell 270[/url] \| [url=http://www.ozoneasylum.com/5689]Sig Rotator[/url] \| [url=http://www.ozoneasylum.com/22173]the Fellowship of Sup[/url] Loading...
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