11-20-2007, 04:06 PM
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Breaking news: The Cave of Lupercal discovered in Rome
Breaking news: The Cave of Lupercal discovered in Rome
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Breaking news: The Cave of Lupercal discovered in Rome
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11-20-2007, 04:21 PM
Wasn't the cave of Lupercal already "found" earlier this year?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... atine.html
Ruben
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian 
11-20-2007, 04:30 PM
Interesting, I searched for a similar news in RAT, wihtou founing it.
Too bad, it was announced in Italy today, but outside was already well known... 
11-20-2007, 07:32 PM
It was posted before, I am sure....or else this is a major deja-vue moment!
 hock:
Visne partem mei capere? Comminus agamus! * Me semper rogo, Quid faceret Iulius Caesar? * Confidence is a good thing! Overconfidence is too much of a good thing.
[b]Legio XIIII GMV. (Q. Magivs)RMRS Remember Atuatuca! Vengence will be ours! Titus Flavius Germanus Batavian Coh I Byron Angel 
11-20-2007, 08:28 PM
I knew it was found yes, but i had not seen the video until now!
did the she wolf decorate the cave herself? wow what a taste! :lol: M.VIB.M.
Bushido wa watashi no shuukyou de gozaru.
Katte Kabuto no O wo shimeyo! H.J.Vrielink. 
11-20-2007, 10:07 PM
I think one of the illustrations on the wall was signed by M. Romulus, whoever that was. :lol:
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills) Saepe veritas est dura. 
11-21-2007, 01:52 AM
I thought I'd read it too, but this one has more photos and diagrams of the find in the BBC:
[url:1w9q3fyf]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7104330.stm[/url]
Richard Campbell
Legio XX - Alexandria, Virginia RAT member #6?
11-21-2007, 08:45 PM
According to Mary Beard's blog ([url:1npxxmri]http://timesonline.typepad.com/dons_life/2007/11/have-we-found-t.html[/url])...
"It’s one of those funny returning news stories, because it was first announced way back in January. Presumably it didn’t get enough attention then, so it’s now being re-run, backed by Mr Rutelli, ex-mayor of Rome and now the Minister of Culture, as triumph for the Italian nation (“ a mythological place has become realâ€
11-22-2007, 03:15 AM
Lots of Flikr postings, and some very high resolution photos on the 2nd web page.
from Flikr: Cave of Romulus and Remus
Richard Campbell
Legio XX - Alexandria, Virginia RAT member #6?
11-22-2007, 09:45 AM
You are right jespah2000.
These kind of news are "used" by politicians to increase the attention on them. Anyway it is a very interesting news. |
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