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   Les Albert to Beaver_Fever@live.com   
   Re: Romulus & Remus?   
   28 Oct 20 19:58:20   
   
   From: lalbert1@aol.com   
      
   On Wed, 28 Oct 2020 14:19:26 -0700 (PDT), Beaver Fever   
    wrote:   
   >On Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at 10:34:30 AM UTC-7, Les wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 27 Oct 2020 21:01:40 -0700 (PDT), Beaver Fever   
   >>  wrote:   
      
   >> >Did they really exist?   
   >> >What about Uncle Remus?   
      
   >> The story about Romulus and Remus is considered a myth.  Rome was   
   >> founded in 700 something B.C., but the brothers never appeared in the   
   >> story until the 3rd century.   
   >> Uncle Remus is also a made-up character.   
      
   >Are Romans the same as what we now call Italians?   
      
      
   Romans are Italian.   
      
   Les   
      
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