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The Romulus and Remus story makes Rome a city founded on fratricidal violence.
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The Romulus and Remus story makes Rome a city founded on fratricidal violence.
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The Romulus and Remus legend is read as evidence that Romans saw violence, even killing one's brother, as lying at the core of human existence when ordained by the gods.
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"next is Rome is founded by twins, Romulus and Remus, and they will fight for the kingship of Rome. Okay? So can you read..."
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"Remus is said to have been the first to receive an omen. Six vultures appeared to him. The augury had just been announced to..."
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"So Romulus and Remus are twins. Okay? They love each other. And, um, Rome was founded on violence. Okay? That's the very nature of..."
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"Okay? So, basically, the Greeks invented history. The Romans, they basically elevate their history into mythology. Their, their history became their religion. Okay? So,..."
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"...problem is this. They're twins. There's two of them. Romulus and Remus. So, and only one can be king. So, they're, so they get..."
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"And that's the founding legend of Rome. And from this legend we can sort of understand or make some extrapolations about the Roman psychology...."
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"...the man sacrificing his twin is the story of Romulus and Remus. So now we get to the most famous of all Roman epics..."
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"...So, Sargon of Akkad who founded the Akkadian Empire Romulus and Remus who founded Rome King David who founded Israel and Genghis Khan of..."
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"...king. So the two fight. And Romulus kills his twin brother, Remus. Alright? And then Romulus becomes Rome's first king, which will eventually give..."
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