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Ancient Rome stunner: Sarcophagus dedicated to Romulus discovered
Fox News ^ | February 18, 2020 | Chris Ciaccia

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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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: alfonsinarusso; ancientautopsies; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; remus; romanempire; rome; romulus
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To: Red Badger
No Remus?

As a kid I recall an Uncle Remus. He starred in a terrific movie, his one hit, but the left disappeared any mention of him and his movie. It's the damnedest thing I'd ever seen.

21 posted on 02/18/2020 12:27:08 PM PST by JonPreston
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To: Berosus

He was taken by aliens to what would be the planet Romulus...


22 posted on 02/18/2020 12:30:12 PM PST by C19fan
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To: DannyTN

That’s a Vulcan.


23 posted on 02/18/2020 12:32:02 PM PST by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope.)
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To: yarddog
600 BC is pretty far back. They thought they were descendants of Trojans who escaped the destruction of Troy.

That was the invention of Virgil to tie Rome to the great epics of Homer and give it a national legend all its own. And to curry favor with Julius Caesar and/or Augustus by renaming Aeneas son Julius, implying the family Julii were the founders of Rome.

As I understand it, and I'm just an armchair reader of history so take that caveat to heart, Romans of the time more generally believed that Romulus founded Rome and it fell under Etruscan rule in the mystic past until there was an uprising that freed the city from Etruscan rule led by one Brutus, and this played into the pressure put on Brutus' descendant centuries later to help kill his own mentor Julius Caesar. The symbolism of a Brutus once again liberating Rome from the grip of a tyrant made for good optics.

24 posted on 02/18/2020 12:39:50 PM PST by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: right way right
That’s a Vulcan.

Nope. Mark Lenard played a Romulan in Balance of Terror and Spock's Vulcan father in Journey to Babel. In the original series, Vulcans and Romulans looked the same. They changed the look of the Romulans in later series.

The Klingons in the Original Series looked like swarthy mid-easterners.

25 posted on 02/18/2020 12:41:41 PM PST by Sans-Culotte (With every passing day, I am a little bit gladder that Romney lost in 2012.)
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To: C19fan

It is just stunning how active and enlightened the western world was around 550 BC and thereabouts. Just an amazing time from everything we know about it. There were massive leaps in every field of endeavor from art to trade to warfare. I would love to know how this happened seemingly all at once.


26 posted on 02/18/2020 12:44:30 PM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (What profits a man if he gains the world but loses his soul?)
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To: right way right

I didn’t have a tribble with me.


27 posted on 02/18/2020 12:45:15 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: JonPreston; Red Badger
As a kid I recall an Uncle Remus.
28 posted on 02/18/2020 12:46:25 PM PST by DCBryan1 (Quit calling them liberals, progs, socialists, or democrats. Call them what they are: COMMUNISTS!!!!)
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To: Sans-Culotte

Oh.


29 posted on 02/18/2020 12:47:16 PM PST by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope.)
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To: C19fan

Oh I get it... “who’s buried in Romulus’ Tomb” was a gag in the Imperial-period?


30 posted on 02/18/2020 12:48:28 PM PST by Tallguy (Facts be d@mned! The narrative must be protected at all costs!))
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To: DCBryan1

And there he is!!!


31 posted on 02/18/2020 12:48:30 PM PST by JonPreston
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free
I would love to know how this happened seemingly all at once.


32 posted on 02/18/2020 12:48:46 PM PST by DCBryan1 (Quit calling them liberals, progs, socialists, or democrats. Call them what they are: COMMUNISTS!!!!)
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To: Red Badger

Maybe then we would have Avunculus Remus Tales


33 posted on 02/18/2020 12:57:29 PM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free

And all sorts of new things happening all over close to then.

The Prophets Daniel and Ezekiel, Pythagoras in Greece, and Buddha, with K’ung-fu-tzu, or Confucius shortly after, all almost at the same time.


34 posted on 02/18/2020 12:59:32 PM PST by RedStateRocker (Nuke Mecca. Deport all illegals. Abolish the DEA, IRS and ATF,.)
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To: Romulus

Ping.


35 posted on 02/18/2020 1:02:59 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: C19fan

Most “myths” (apart from today’s myth of human induced climate change) are based on real people and events. They may be embellished over time with exaggeration and mystical nonsense, but there’s almost always a kernel of truth behind them. Romulus and his brother Remus probably existed. And finding a sarcophagus with the former’s name on it is at least very interesting.


36 posted on 02/18/2020 1:20:43 PM PST by katana
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To: C19fan

Anyone remember the S. Gross (National Lampoon) cartoon on Romulus and Remus?

“Romulus will go on to found Rome. Remus is gay.”

Thankfully I don’t find an image of it online...


37 posted on 02/18/2020 1:25:21 PM PST by nicollo (I said no!)
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To: pepsi_junkie
Vergil did not start the tradition that Aeneas was the ancestor of Romulus...that had been around for a long time. Julius Caesar minted coins with Aeneas carrying his father Anchises on his back...the Julii claimed to be descended from Iulus, a son of Aeneas.

A number of vases with Aeneas on them were found at the Etruscan city of Vulci, as if there was a strong interest in him there. Maybe the Romans picked it up from the Etruscans.

38 posted on 02/18/2020 1:52:11 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: C19fan

BFL


39 posted on 02/18/2020 1:52:50 PM PST by SouthParkRepublican
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free
I would love to know how this happened seemingly all at once.

breakdown of the bicameral mind due to competition

40 posted on 02/18/2020 1:56:34 PM PST by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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