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If that’s the case, then almost all the Roman writers were also confused about it, as well as various Roman sculptors.
by empath75 9y ago
If that’s the case, then almost all the Roman writers were also confused about it, as well as various Roman sculptors.
- erric 9y agoCan't she be both?
- lou1306 9y agoThe story about the twins being raised by a prostitute (whose name was Acca Larentia, by the way) was already well-known in Roman times. > Sunt qui Larentiam volgato corpore lupam inter pastores vocatam putent; inde locum fabulae ac miraculo datum. > Some writers think that Larentia, from her unchaste life, had got the nickname of "She-wolf" amongst the shepherds, and that this was the origin of the marvellous story. (Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita, I.4) Probably, people just kept using the legend of the she-wolf to symbolize the might of Rome.