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Roman religion
At the founding of Rome, the gods were 'numina', divine manifestations, faceless, formless, but no less powerful. The idea of gods as anthropomorphized beings came later, with the influence from Etruscans and Greeks, which had human form. Some of the Roman Gods are at least as old as the founding of Rome.
The concept of numen continued to exist and it was related to any manifestation of the divi...
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Romulus and Remus
Romulus and Remus were the twin sons of Rhea Silvia and Mars, and the two founders of Rome. Rhea Silvia had been the only child of King Numitor of Alba Longa. When Numitor's brother Amulius deposed him, he also forced Rhea Silvia to become a vestal virgin, thereby ensuring that there would be no other claimant to the throne. But the war god Mars raped her in his sacred grove, and Rhea Silvia gave ...
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Pasta with roasted peppers, garlic and basil
Servings:2 Time: ½ hour
1 chunky red pepper1 chunky yellow pepper10 or so fresh basil leaves, torn up2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil2 cloves garlic, peeled1 oz butter2 oz freshly grated parmesan8 oz / 250 g pasta, or however much you usually use for 2 people. Tubular pasta such as penne or rigatoni would be best here.
Cut the peppers lengthways along their grooves, remove the core and white b...
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