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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gam3rBlake, post: 7392387, member: 115909&quot;]I&#039;m very interested in the Roman Kingdom, Republic, and Empire. I am studying Classical History in school and Ancient Rome &amp; Greece are the main topics of study.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as man-become-god it seems that most Ancient nations seemed to attribute &quot;god like&quot; status to the founders. As far as Romulus, Livy tells a story about how Romulus disappeared in clouds.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>However: </b>It&#039;s very important to note that Livy himself states that it&#039;s just what he read from previous authors and that it&#039;s possible foul play by Senators was involved.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even though he was writing during the period of the Roman Empire he was still skeptical about the supernatural events regarding Romulus but he wanted to relay what he read from earlier writers and leave the judgement on what happened to the reader.</p><p><br /></p><p>I find this interesting because Livy was writing during a time when the average person would&#039;ve confidently stated the Romulus was a god (Quirinius in particular) and for him to be skeptical about that story shows logical reasoning and questioning of history even in those times.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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