Livy’s Roman lens begins with Trojan descent, trickery by Greeks, Aeneas carrying the father, and women treated as disposable.
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Livy’s Roman lens begins with Trojan descent, trickery by Greeks, Aeneas carrying the father, and women treated as disposable.
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"At this time in history, the Greeks were culturally dominant. And he was afraid that over time, all Romans would just become Greeks. So..."
"And in the Roman tradition, what's going to happen is the Romans are descendants of Troy. Remember, Troy and Aelian was destroyed by the..."
"...be king, and he was about to break a lot of Roman traditions."
"...than to be loyal to his father. Okay, so that's the Roman tradition. Then you have the Viking tradition. For the Vikings, and this..."
"...hard idea to understand. Okay? How is this different from the Roman tradition? But let me tell you a story to illustrate this Viking..."
"...are in Rome and you believe in Roman history and practice Roman tradition, then you are a Roman citizen. Okay? It doesn't matter where..."
"...they really didn't exist. They existed in the Greek and the Roman tradition. So, the counterpart to truth in the pagan tradition is the..."
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